Word: hardest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hardest thing in the world for a President is to see trouble coming-and then do something to prevent it," says Bill Hyland, former aide to Henry Kissinger and soon to be editor of Foreign Affairs. The short-run political risks can be immense. Even as powerful congressional Democrats were declaring Reagan's decision justified, the likes of Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. were scoffing at the invasion as unnecessary. There can be no final proof either way, at least...
...work. But even after seven or eight years of such drudgery ("like researching U.S. postal regulations ... or comparing the Delaware nonprofit corporation law with that of the other states"), there is only a slim chance of becoming a partner. To beat the odds, one need only be "the hardest-working, least-likely-to-screw-up, most anal, puritanical grind since Cotton Mather...
What coaches and players unlike are quick as stress about the 6-ft., 2-in. Giella, who has never missed a day of practice in his four years at New Haven, is that he is the hardest working Bulldog around these days...
Munatones is the working man who laughs as hard as he trains. The reigning world long-distance swimming champion, the Californian is the hardest worker on the team. His contributions go beyond the statistical fact that he is the Crimson's second all-time leading scorer. He is a great hustler who plays strong defense and leads the counter-attack...
...information, the elite around Kennedy sometimes seemed either exceptionally naive (about the Bay of Pigs, for example) or ignorant (about Vietnamese history and culture). Some of the same men stayed on with Johnson, and presided over the escalation of what became in some ways the nation's hardest...