Word: impetuousity
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Dennis Kucinich, 32, Cleveland's boyish, impetuous mayor, was angrier than usual. "This is the politics of insanity!" he shouted at the city council in his high-pitched voice. "You participated in the murder of the city."
Some knowing Dominicans insisted that the invasion of electoral headquarters was an impetuous decision by Santo Domingo Police Chief Neit Nivar Seijas. According to this theory, the top cop, a veteran backer of Balaguer, panicked when he saw the voting returns running against his boss. Balaguer denied this. The army...
That voice was supposed to be the voice of Jimmy Carter. But Carter, inexperienced and impetuous in foreign affairs, subject to conflicting advice and distracted by domestic problems, has often vacillated and improvised. The consequence has been a series of foreign policy reverses. The problems of U.S. relations with the...
NOR DO EITHER the plot or the acting provide the continuity that the cinematography lacks. The peek-a-boo piece in Playboy led us to believe that Violet's mother, Hattie (Susan Sarandon) would be a reluctant and ambitious hooker who dreamed of getting out. But Sarandon the ruthlessness to...
Today, Sadat governs Egypt rather like the paternalistic elder of a maxi-village, which just happens to have 39 million people in it. Once regarded as an impetuous, dandified mediocrity, he has become more cautious since he succeeded Gamal Abdel Nasser as President in 1970. He usually makes decisions slowly...