Word: failed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often seem that the bank has less to show for its new activities. Policy funds are also disbursed more rapidly than project money, meaning that the bank's new aims will appear to eat up more resources more quickly. A much bigger worry, however, is that the institution will fail to come up with enough funds to encourage the kind of policy changes needed for long-term Third World growth. Warns Lawrence Brainard, a senior vice president of Manhattan's Bankers Trust: "Barber Conable will not be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat to solve the debt...
Left as stereotypes, Kluger's play would fail to hold the audience's attention into the later innings. But the players' predicament creates an excellent vehicle for making the characters more interesting. The vulnerability of each player to the manager's axe, brought out best in separate monologues, successfully shows their strengths and weaknesses. Both Tank and Boomer's monologues are especially moving and genuine...
...ploy, says one Manhattan investment analyst, was "a major strategic ) error." For one thing, he notes, People was "going after the smallest sector of the flying public," since only about 11% of all airline passengers fall into the business and luxury classes. For another, the seduction was bound to fail, since such well-heeled travelers could often get more reliable and comfortable service, albeit at higher prices, from conventional airlines...
...defeat of the amendment means that the Irish Republic is one of only a handful of countries in the world where divorce is still illegal. Malta and the Philippines are others. The setback weakens FitzGerald's chances of re- election in 1987. Though the opposition Fianna Fail party remained neutral on the referendum, it made clear its opposition to the amendment. The Prime Minister's failure to legalize divorce could thus hasten his departure from power...
...ploy doomed to fail--time and time again, Rubin flipped her glove to her fielding hand, corralled the squibbler, and threw the runner...