Word: frequented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie actor and Governor of California gave him enough of a sense of accomplishment that he did not need the presidency to consider himself a success. Accordingly, he shows no trace of the driven behavior that manifested itself in Richard Nixon's dark humors, Lyndon Johnson's frequent tirades and Jimmy Carter's agonizing self-doubt. Reagan feels no need to brood alone over decisions. Says Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver: "I think it is interesting that he does not have a hideaway office like Nixon and Carter." The intensity of his conservative tenets frees him from worry over...
...about their man being "Carterized" if he compromises too readily. Conversely, many Republican Congressmen worry about his being "mulish." This is a tough one to win. The President should be able to admit error to himself, once in a while out loud. Theoretically, the public confessions could become too frequent, but that is not a real-life danger...
...even the recession, which has cut deeply into many other parts of the restaurant business, has been able to cool the Mexican boom. The slump may, in fact, have helped fuel the explosive growth. Reason: many working mothers and two-income families, who are frequent restaurantgoers, have found that Mexican food can be salvation for the budget. The average dinner-and-drink tab is less than $10 at leading Mexican dining spots. Notes Alan Creditor, a top food analyst with the Wall Street firm of Drexel Burnham Lambert: "Mexican restaurants have two things that are very attractive to Americans-taste...
...charges that it is "unaccountable" and needs somehow to be sat upon. In its own interest, the press itself should do less swaggering around in white hats. Election Day at the networks was an orgy of self-inflation, from the competitive glitziness of the stage sets to the frequent announcements that ABC or CBS, not the voters, had decided that this Governor or that Senator had been elected...
...music be the food of love, cookbooks are the love of food. At their frequent best, the cook's companions are a fine if rarefied form of literature...