Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet U.N. Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky cooling his heels in the lobby of the U.S. mission for 15 minutes. In another embarrassing incident, her entourage attended a North Korean diplomatic reception by mistake, thinking it was hosted by South Koreans. Morale has been so poor that two key staffers have quit in the past year, partly as a result of Kirkpatrick's lack of concern for administrative detail. That fact has not enhanced her status among foreign diplomats. Says a fellow ambassador: "She forgets that other people's time is worth as much to them as hers...
...Attorney General Elliot Richardson, 61, who quit rather than carry out order to fire Cox, practices law in Washington. Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus, 49, who also refused, is senior vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co. in Tacoma, Wash. Robert Bork, 55, third-ranking Justice Department official who did dismiss Cox, was appointed federal appeals court judge by President Reagan...
...crucial problem facing student activists and others who want the University to quit the nuclear industry is simply the difficult task of identifying which companies in the Harvard portfolio are connected to the building of bombs. For while a firm is either in or out of South Africa, some corporations are tied to the sprawling weapons industry in a very indirect fashion. In addition, these ties are often only minute portions of a huge company's overall operation...
Barry Bosworth argued that both the President and the Democratic leadership in Congress should move toward the political middle and be more willing to compromise. Said he: "The President has to quit being so ideological with respect to his economic policy, and the Democrats have to be willing to give in on some of those programs, certainly on the notion that Social Security cannot be touched...
...never lose them." For almost ten years now Sam has been putting "sidesaddle." Literally and figuratively, he is the only great player who ever faced up to the yips. As unseemly as it is to be putting like a gondolier, Snead said, "it was either do that or quit." And, to Sam, anything beat quitting. "Most players are too proud to try it. What the heck, I look at it like fishing. It's not how you get the fish on the line...