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Part of the unease in Congress, however, is prompted not by inept legislative tactics or even doubts about what seem to be poorly coordinated strategic decisions, but by a feeling that the Administration is trying for a "quick fix" in Central America (see ESSAY). Discouraged by the length and uncertain prospects of economic and diplomatic efforts, irritated by the difficulties of winning congressional approval for their strategy and feeling themselves under pressure to produce measurable progress in Central America before the 1984 presidential campaign gets fully under way, some White House advisers are pushing for a combination of military moves...
...sergeant who died attempting to silence an enemy machine-gun nest with hand grenades, a helicopter pilot who flew a solitary mission over Port Stanley, a wounded commando who stayed behind to cover a comrade's escape. By contrast, Argentine forces are generally, and perhaps unfairly, depicted as inept and their leaders as divided and squabbling. Yet if Hastings and Jenkins are partial to the home team, they can also be critical: of the Royal Navy's tendency to act without consulting its sister services, of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's inability to avoid hostilities...
...both opponents and supporters of the law linking federal financial aid to draft registration, have undoubtedly felt much the same frustration this summer, sitting through the inept implementation of the so called Solomon Amendment...
...days, then hired him. He resists all efforts to let himself be repackaged. Aides once suggested Glenn get a speech coach, and he curtly brushed off the idea. Annie Glenn happened to be there and shouted out, "No, no one is going to change John!"Glenn's inept managerial style and habitual procrastination have haunted his campaign...
Martin made her debut on Soldiers Field with an inept field hockey squad. Four years later, though, the squad had become one of the nation's best--thanks largely to Captain Kate Martin. The Crimson finished this year with an 11-2-3 record, its first-ever national ranking (19) and Martin as its scoring leader...