Word: gumption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) negotiations languish -- the same treatment that was already in store for that other unwelcome legacy with the better-known acronym SALT (for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks). Perle doubted that the negotiating track would lead anywhere and that the West Europeans would have the gumption to follow through on deployment of the U.S. missiles...
Though Poindexter had the gumption to authorize the diversion, he seemed not to want to know too much about the deals: he testified that he never asked North how much money was being diverted to the contras; the admiral, known for his attention to detail, said he was not concerned with such bits of "micro- management...
...STUDENT who has the desire and gumption to take on a low-paying public service job after graduation should be able to do so, regardless of his or her indebtedness. And Harvard should not shirk its responsibility to encourage public-spiritedness in its students. But that doesn't mean the College should be paying for or subsidizing work and services that it is the responsibility of government--local, state and federal--to provide...
...would do anything for a job. We took a lot of chances. But it paid off." As for comparisons between the gray lady and her golden sister, one official said, "They're both beautiful bridges. What's important is that during the Great Depression people had the vision and gumption to build them...
...does Frances put up with this? Although she often shows real gumption, she considers herself one of life's supporting players. "Creative people pay a heavy price" is Frances' belief, and as editor and lover, she "had put herself in the service of such people. Perhaps she had done so because she wished to be more like them, although she knew she belonged to another, lesser species, the race of people who answer their phones and fold the bath towels." Like modern folk everywhere, she also yearns for meaning in life, or at least an organizing principle, and Paul...