Word: foraying
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...many things go wrong for American Express in such a short time? Analysts who follow the company say much of the same hubris and lack of managerial controls responsible for the Optima scandal may also be the cause of past disasters. The company's failed foray into cable TV, critics say, was an example of an unwise management decision to find synergy where none existed. The company may have lost sight of its limits, says analyst Daniel Murray of Argus Research. "If you invented your own private money, you might be a little arrogant...
These monitors are accompanied by 650 lightly armed U.N. peacekeeping troops. Their role is to protect the U.N. observers and to support personnel; they are powerless to stop any skirmishes in the demilitarized zone. There is little concern that Saddam Hussein will risk the consequences of another foray southward any time soon, but the peacekeepers may have to stay for years, just as they have remained in Cyprus since 1964 and in Lebanon since...
Unwelcome Visit. British term for any foray into enemy territory...
...days before glasnost, some Soviet arms negotiators typically wound down from a tough day at the bargaining table with a liquor-soaked, showgirl-ogling foray to a Western nightclub. Today's post-glasnost Soviet diplomat, however, displays a greater sensitivity, in no small part prompted by dealings with tough and informed female U.S. negotiators during the long workdays. But with progress come some awkward moments. Last month a top Soviet delegate to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in Geneva rose to bid goodbye to an American counterpart, a young blond woman. Struggling for an appropriate send-off, he confided...
Instead, Goldin describes her foray through the world of academia as one of constantly taking new directions. She says that ever since her days as a graduate student at the University of Chicago--what she terms her "best academic experience"--she has been exploring unknown territory...