Word: forwardly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beckoning horizon has long been Government service. He is still enough of an earnest outsider to recall each of his seven visits to the White House (the most recent: in March, to watch a screening of New York Stories with George Bush). But ever since Ronald Reagan stepped forward as Clancy's First Reader, the author has had more reason than most to muse about the what-ifs of being officially on the inside...
...appointed by elected officials. And politicians and district attorneys often want team players. M.E.s who are too independent may eventually be ousted from their posts, charges Baden, citing his own experience as chief medical examiner of New York City. Former M.E.s in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles put forward the same claim. "No one says lie," observes Baden, "but they want to push you further than the science permits...
...immediate focus of the protests is a plan for restructuring the city council, put forward by Mayor Annette Strauss and the city council, that will be voted on in a special election this weekend. But black and Hispanic leaders say something more fundamental is also taking place. The civil rights movement that swept the South a generation ago somehow bypassed Dallas. Now, fueled by population shifts that have made blacks, Hispanics and Asians nearly half the population, the movement has finally arrived. Vows County Commissioner John Wiley Price, a black: "We're not going to sit back...
...putting themselves up for sale. But the Delaware courts affirmed the right of corporate directors to pursue long-term strategies. Says Harvard law professor Reinier Kraakman of the new precedent: "This gives managers who are planning a friendly acquisition or a merger of equals a chance to go forward without losing out to a hostile acquirer...
...Socialists must consolidate their power, the L.D.P. must work double time to recapture the loyalty of its straying core supporters. The most immediate concern is to find a replacement for Uno. As the search began last week, assertive Young Turks were working to put forward one of their own. But the Old Guard resisted, still bound by tradition, faction loyalty and a determination not to relinquish power. In a seeming capitulation to the young, however, the party agreed at week's end to leave the selection of a new leader to a party vote, rather than the back-room politicking...