Word: getterism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, one candidate says he is not concerned by the unusual nature of this year's election. For Councillor Walter J. Sullivan, the longest serving member after Vellucci, the 1989 council race is just like any other. And he's been the city's top vote-getter in nearly every election...
Drafted into the J.S.P. in 1969 to boost its sagging fortunes, the constitutional lawyer has proved to be an able attention getter. Her academic background and her ruthlessly logical arguments, boomed out in her loud voice during the Diet's question hour, have instilled fear in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Seeking a gimmick to rebound from a disastrous election in 1986, the J.S.P. asked Doi to take on the party's leadership. Fearing she had been chosen as a "paper tiger" with no influence over policy, Doi, according to some reports, conducted tough negotiations with back-room power brokers...
Sally Zeckhauser had a reputation as the head of Harvard's sprawling real estate operation as a go-getter, but she is now vice president for administration, and no one knows exactly what someone in that position is supposed...
...considered springing an eye-catching arms-control proposal at the NATO summit that would not only steal some of Gorbachev's thunder but also, perhaps, help heal a deep rift within the Western alliance. In the words of one of its architects, it would be a "real attention getter": a reduction of up to 10% of the 340,000 U.S. troops in Europe, with corresponding cuts in NATO aircraft and helicopters, if the Soviets agree to reduce their conventional forces to the levels the West has proposed. He is also expected to relax sanctions on trade with the Soviets imposed...
...Kentucky go-getter, who says she likes winning more than just competing, traveled around the world to "sell the state" to foreign companies. She lured Toyota, the largest Japanese company in North America, to Kentucky, creating 4500 new jobs and a $1 billion investment for the state. More than 400 new industries opened during her term, and more than 4000 companies expanded with the help of government financing...