Word: possess
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leaders must believe in power, he says. They must have a sense of majesty, possess dignity, a touch of poetry and at the same time a tolerance for what is imperfect. "Too often these days we have developed self-hatred because we have had to act imperfectly...
After a year, though, the authorities caught up with him and reminded Buchwald that he did not possess a high school diploma. But instead of kicking him out of school, they made him a "special student," forbidding him to work for a degree. That was just fine for the young scholar, who told his superiors, "I don't have a high school diploma; there's no sense having a college degree...
...there are still four main attributes psychiatrists possess that no other candidates can offer. The first is the ability to deal with people in pressing situations, a gift that graces the profession so naturally that one wonders why the country has had to wait so long to see it applied to a political context...
...transition primer is no longer eligible for such help. If reelected, Jimmy Carter--whom Moore says the committee "is in no way counting out of the race"--will have to spend the winter between his two terms without the wisdom of Harvard. Four years ago, however, Carter did possess a bound volume embossed with the IOP seal--and his move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave was still far from smooth. Many have cited the early feuding between Hamilton Jordan's Hatfields, who planned the Carter election, and the McCoys under Jack Watson, who handled the transition, as the first hint...
David S. Broder: Thank you, Howard. Mr. Reagan, you've been accused of giving simplistic answers to highly complex questions on such important issues as defense and the economy. In a political age in which it seems vital that a candidate possess the intelligence to understand all aspects of an issue, why do you think the public has responded so strongly to your brand of simple answers to complex questions...