Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than an East-West prism is not a new factor, but has become particularly dangerous given the upheavals in Central America. The United States is presently engaged to some extent in El Salvador and Nicaragua. In both countries, the Administration is pursuing ideologically rigid policies that seem destined to fail...
...shot in the dark" hit its mark, and Elliott trekked east, "convinced I would get all C's, if not all D's, and that there would be a good chance that I would fail out altogether." He quickly overcame his fears with a plain old all-American effort: "I studied my rear end off." He amassed mammoth outlines of lectures and readings, particularly in American history, which became a new obsession. "I loved it once I got used to it. It was just exceedingly exciting. I ended up doing quite well for a guy from Bremen...
Complaints made by the students--nine of whom took the course on a pass-fail basis--prompted the committee, which considers the administration of academic courses, to convene the special meeting...
...Motley has been blunt-spoken and independent in Brasilia. He recently said of his job: "We are dealing with a goddam tough set of facts as representatives of the U.S., and it is no job for cookie-pushing layabouts." He has been critical of diplomats who ignore Congress or fail to answer letters from legislators. "We at State are our own worst enemies before Congress," he contends...
...shrinking tax bases resulting from the "white flight" of residents and the decline of traditional businesses. "Progress," says Gibson, "is maintaining the status quo." Moreover, black mayors often attract limelight that leaves them less margin for unnoticed error. Grouses Hatcher: "Blacks still don't have the right to fail as whites do without its becoming a slur on the black race...