Word: learns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Corty said yesterday that he and Luxenberg filed for the fees because the IRS told them that it was the only way they would learn whether their studies led to any action...
This coup failed. Schwarzkopf's recruits had shared their excitement with friends and Mossadeq learned of the plans. When the Commander of the Imperial Guard arrived to deliver the decree to the prime minister he was arrested. The army remained loyal to Mossadeq and significantly the mobs hired by the CIA were unable to stir up popular enthusiasm for the Shah, who fled to Rome. The CIA was not invincible. The successful coup only came about because Roosevelt was able to learn lessons from his mistakes and because dissatisfaction grew among Mossadeq's supporters...
Many of Carter's troubles resulted from his own inexperience, but he has been wise enough to learn from his failures. For instance, one of Carter's earliest problems in managing his Administration stemmed from his habit of getting immersed in arcane detail. He thus missed the broader implications of his policy choices...
...symbolic. We do indeed have such an ambitious goal. For any country, if it wants to develop itself, it must mainly rely on itself and its own potentialities. But it is also necessary to obtain capital from the developed countries [and] to learn from the experiences of the developed countries, especially in the field of management...
...corner, Bossy darts in and out of the slot waiting for a pass: three men seemingly skating in one another's minds. Just to stay fresh, they occasionally swap off on a different line. Says Trottier: "If you keep doing the same things, other teams learn how to control you. With different guys, you try different things and when you go back to your regular line, damned if they don't work. A little change now and then gets rid of the moss...