Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thatcher was interrupting final campaigning Monday to fly to Venice for a quick stop at the economic summit and a private meeting with Ronald Reagan. She made a similar trip four years ago to the Williamsburg, Va., summit, returning to find that her gesture of statesmanship had led to a boost in the polls, assuring her within days of her second victory. Venice may prove to be the ultimate photo opportunity. When the battlefield is imagery, that could be enough to cinch...
...will do. Most legislators appeared content with the White House's promise to spell out the rules of engagement under which the ships would be allowed to open fire in advance of any actual deployment. That deployment seems several weeks away. One factor inhibiting the Administration from hatching any quick, ambitious military plans is the reluctance of U.S. allies to join them. President Reagan promised to appeal for support at the Venice economic summit this week, but indications were that he would not get very...
...critics are quick to point out the extraodinary slowness with which such changes occur. Some say his major failing is that his desire for consensus is nearly obcessive--rendering him unable to give the University the direction or the initiative it needs...
However, Rosovsky is quick to add, he does not view himself as a representative of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in his capacity as Corporation member. "I don't feel I'm a representative. I don't think the Corporation is built on the basis of public representation," he says, "It's very hard to believe you can structure a group of five on a representational basis. It's not like having a congress or senate...
...contra scandals and the Wall Street insider trading cases. "Whatever the ills of the society are, somebody will find a way to relate them to Harvard," says Allison, adding that, in New York and Washington, Harvard is perceived as churning out graduates who are interested only in "getting rich quick...