Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Indonesia. It was a fatal misjudgment, as the bloodbath showed. Why the killing? There were all kinds of theories. Perhaps the military, angered at having to give up territory it had fought so hard to pacify, wanted to get a few last licks in before pulling out. The military leadership was also clearly afraid that other restive provinces like Aceh and Irian Jaya would use the East Timor precedent to push for their own secession--and so, the theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce...
Despite grumblings from within the public-service sector and from some M.P.s--an opposition politician said the appointment was "tantamount to handing the country's leadership back to the British"--most Kenyans seem to respect Leakey. "Race is not an issue," says Peter Kimuyu, acting head of the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research. "It doesn't matter who gives us results as long as we get them...
...Leadership Gerald Levin Chairman...
From the beginning, the leadership duties fell upon Clare to guide the inexperienced corps. He spent the time not only leading by example but also educating them on the speed of the varsity college game...
Kauppila joins this unit as a career backup who finally gets his chance to start. His years on the team also burden him with some leadership responsibilities as he adjusts to the full-time job. At least he has been witness to the wars, and from all accounts is not afraid to assert his seniority...