Word: go-ahead
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...occasion he does not follow the advice of even his most senior assistants, as he showed when he made his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from South Korea. This time Carter went partly along with his advisers' recommendations. He postponed production of the bomb but gave a go-ahead for work on the Lance missile and artillery shell that will deliver...
...billion -which was also rejected. Furious at the foulups. Carter told Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat to whip the policy into shape. Within two months, he and Harris produced a ten-page outline that Carter liked. In a note to "Pat and Stu" the President gave his go-ahead. "My whole family will help," he added...
...hoteliers, the nation's energy companies at last will begin drilling for oil and gas off the Northeast Coast by early summer. The oilmen won a hard-fought victory last week when the U.S. Supreme Court, by refusing to hear an appeal of a lower-court decision, signaled a go-ahead to exploit acreage near the Baltimore Canyon, which lies 50 to 90 miles off Atlantic City, N.J. The most optimistic geologists estimate that this tract contains up to 1.4 billion bbl. of oil and 9 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. That would be equal...
Deadlocked going into the second period, N.U.'s Larry Parks, who splurged for four goals in the 14-5 Northeastern triumph at Watson 16 days ago, ripped home a go-ahead goal at 2:06, the result of a rare bad clear by the Crimson defense...
Perhaps the most blatant example came after B.U.'s go-ahead goal, when the refs delayed the faceoff so that Dave Silk--who forgot that both teams were still skating four-a-side--could remember to get off the ice, rather than slapping B.U. with a bench minor for too many trade-school graduates...