Word: getters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years. But in 1874 he was defeated for reelection to the U.S. Congress by Adlai Stevenson (Adlai Stevenson the first, people stress in McLean County, meaning the one who went on to become Vice President under Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897). McNulta read law, as was the go-getter's custom, and almost certainly profited by his duties as appointed receiver for an extraordinary number of bankrupt railroads. He was a man of his time and place, and he thought in terms of securing the future...
...policies, resigned in September after congressional hearings showed that he had condoned, if not ordered, the sudden cutbacks on EPA enforcement. His successor, Christopher Beck, "certainly talks like he's aggressive," says EPA official Steven Caldwell, who adds, "He has a good reputation for being an action-oriented, go-getter type...
...move was a very effective attention-getter. I immediately ignored the fowl goulash before me and surveyed three very mean looking Lou Ferrigno clones who were glaring at me from above...
...Harper was the biggest point-getter for Harvard, as she accounted for 17 tallies with seconds in the 100-and 400-meter hurdles and a fourth in the long jump...
Eugene Scanlon, manager of New York City's Waldorf Astoria, was asked by Electrolux to find a live cougar that would roam the ballroom and represent a real "go-getter" to the assembled salesmen...