Word: gained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even better." This failure of rhetoric can be excused, for as the President said, now "it's time to govern." But governance requires agonizing choices, and Bush, like his mentor Ronald Reagan, stoutly declined to confront them publicly. The President's program, as he defined it, is all gain and no pain, with scant need to explain the inherent contradictions...
...pages of a State Department briefing . book stamped SECRET. Methodically, Baker underlines almost every sentence. "It's how I learn," he explains. "That and taking almost verbatim notes when someone is briefing me. 'Proper preparation prevents poor performance': one of my father's maxims. That's how you gain control. I'm on Africa now," he says. "We'll pick up and move when I get to the Near East...
...produce diplomatic fallout of global importance. It could lead to a new era of stability in Asia, where the 4,500-mile Chinese- Soviet border sometimes threatened to become the fuse for war, perhaps even nuclear conflict. The U.S. might be losing its "China card," but the world will gain a new style of superpower diplomacy: no more will China be the stick for the U.S. to beat the Soviets, or for the Soviets to menace Washington. Of course, there is also a chance that Moscow and Beijing, disengaged from rivalry with each other, might proceed to make mischief elsewhere...
Peckham plans to file a complaint against the official with the ECAC. To complete a take-down, one wrestler must gain control over the other wrestler. According to Peckham, the official gave the Princeton wrestler a take-down against Kierstead when he did not have control...
...starting to gain confidence in ourselves," sophomore Henry Chang said, "but we still have to work on our concentration...