Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know the changes I've made since being here. I want him to know who he is killing-the real person, not some idea he has in his head about me." Said Spenkelink's anguished mother Lois, 67, of the Governor: "He doesn't even know my son. How can he kill my son, my only...
...ahead of him in the last election. Now, when he's weak in the polls, members feel free to put space between him and them." That sense of political weakness extends far beyond the polls. Said one Democratic politico after a White House meeting: "I don't know where they think their electoral base...
...Liberal strategy was to depict Trudeau as the only leader with enough depth and experience to turn the economy around, maintain the authority of the central government and keep Quebec from breaking away. "In every important area of policy, Joe Clark doesn't know what the heck he is talking about," claimed Trudeau. Putting it more bluntly, one Trudeau aide told TIME Ottawa Bureau Chief John Scott: "The Conservatives' bottom line is that it's time for a change. Our bottom line is that Joe Clark is a nerd...
...have maintained the momentum of discussions that could break down under the sheer weight of detail. Strauss says candidly of his new job: "This is a different kind of undertaking for me. The reason I've been good in Washington-if I have been good-is that I know all the nuances of this place. I move well around all the pitfalls because I know the terrain. Now I'm moving into an area where I don't know the terrain...
...Ayatullah Khomeini's man, but now they view him with suspicion as they try to balance then" demands with the need to keep the industry going fairly smoothly and economically. Nazih, a lawyer, is in over his head trying to direct a complex oil industry, and his superiors know it. He may well be ousted soon...