Word: expertism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peace is breaking out all over," chortles Secretary of State George Shultz. "The peace epidemic" is what Harvard foreign policy expert Stanley Hoffmann calls it. The Joint Chiefs of Staff came over to the White House the other day to meet with Reagan and reported their services in excellent readiness but with an unprecedented lack of battles to fight. Peace is threatening in Iran-Iraq, Kampuchea, Afghanistan, southern Africa and even Central America...
...onetime Washington pharmacist, Herbert Haft started the Dart discount- drugstore chain in 1952 and built it into a 74-store firm with annual revenues of $283 million. So expert was he at keeping costs (and, some say, service) to a minimum that after he sold the chain to its operating managers in 1984 for $160 million, the new owners took out newspaper ads to inform customers that the stores were no longer owned by the Hafts...
...strengthened Interior Department, and a secretary with wide administrative responsibilities, would be a first step towards a revamped federal water policy. The ideal person to lead the reform is former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, who is an expert in water resource issues, and designed a model program for his home state. This would, naturally, require a Dukakis victory and sufficient interest on the part of Mr. Babbitt. Certainly we need someone of his caliber to invigorate and take charge of the administration of America's water resources...
Chehabi, an expert in international relations,said that the peacekeeping forces are "doing agood job" and that he "couldn't think of anybetter candidates," except perhaps Perez deCuellar...
...Health experts say that if the current increasein tobacco consumption in developing nations isnot curbed quickly, it will result in the mostserious disease epidemic ever known. World HealthOrganization expert Connolly estimates that by theyear 2000, there will be 900,000 smoking-relateddeaths in China alone...