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...Bush's senior aides and longtime tennis partners, former Harvard government professor Roger Porter, has written a book called Presidential Decision Making that could describe Bush in action. Porter dubs the style , "ad-hocracy," a management pattern that "relies heavily on the President to distribute assignments and select whom he listens to and when...
...Defense Secretary with an untreated drinking problem. The issue is how closely this description fits Tower. There are also legitimate concerns raised by the widespread, but not unequivocally documented, tales of Tower's predatory behavior toward women. If true, the allegations of sexual high jinks seem to reflect a pattern of reckless and perhaps unbalanced behavior that should disqualify Tower for such a sensitive post...
Lewis completed his first LBO in 1984, acquiring McCall Pattern Co. and selling it three years later for a 9000 percent profit. One month later, he managed the largest internatinal LBO in history, putting up $985 million for Beatrice International...
...light of the recent events and Iran's past pattern of erratic behavior, the U.S. should reevaluate its policy of attempting to normalize relations with Iran. It is clear that as long as Khomeini remains the undisputed leader of Iran, "moderates" will wield little influence. The fact that the leader of an entire nation would repeatedly issue a threat against a single individual proves the instability of Khomeini and his lack of understanding of the sanctity of human life. In the present poisoned climate, normality seems impossible...
...course, Sarita Kadrmas by herself does not constitute a "sub-class" of citizens. But the power of Supreme Court decisions is in their role as precedents. The Kadrmas decision establishes a pattern of discrimination on the basis of wealth that, if generalized, would prove catastrophic...