Word: headway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...THAT IT DIDN'T MUCH MATTER if a politician was loved or hated so long as he commanded attention. "The worst sin in politics," he said, "is being boring." And that is exactly Bob Dole's problem. After his "must win" victory in South Carolina, Dole has made some headway toward the nomination he has lost twice before--thanks mostly to the flatness of the field around him. But if he fails again, or can't cut it against Bill Clinton next fall, the reason will be clear. It is Dole's startling inability to articulate why he wants...
...lost, however, I am making some headway: I've come to the conclusion that "I don't have a compelling story to tell about that," "maybe we could discuss that during my office hours," and "that question is outside the scope of the topic at hand," all translate roughly into "I don't have a clue...
...last weekend in Bosnia, President Clinton named a new team to try to regainprecious momentum toward a peace agreement. The new lead negotiator is Washington lawyer Roberts Owen, who has worked for Clinton in the region before. Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says the diplomats died just they were making headway with a new U.S. peace plan for the Balkans. "This was the team that was carrying the water; they were the real worker bees doing work of ironing out the details for this plan." The toughest sell now, Waller says, will be a meeting next week in Paris, where Owen...
Nevertheless, it cannot be forgotten that the Crimson flip-flopped its wins and losses from last year, from 7-19 to 19-7. That's making some pretty steady headway...
...cities, alleviate human suffering and help our neighbors acquire the basic necessities of life. The pro-Freedom slogan reads: "The Space Station: It's About Life on Earth." Maybe, but dealing with poverty, crime, famine and war are about "life on earth," too. Once we've made some headway with these problems, then we can have the Space Station for dessert...