Word: regains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meets with a peer supervisor or tutor from the Bureau a few times a week. She says the Bureau has helped her regain her confidence and improve her academic performance...
...daughter's freedom, has been accused by some of his opponents of cutting a deal too generous to the guerrillas. As a result, his ability to govern the country has been seriously compromised for the first time since he assumed office 17 months ago. In an effort to regain control, Duarte is considering a harder line toward the rebels. "I was trying to give them political space so they could accept the democratic process," he said in an interview with TIME. "For example, we haven't (asked) for the extradition of all the comandantes from the countries where they...
...rest of the film deals with Colonel Matrix's race to regain his daughter from the South Americans. There is little else to this movie. It is thus much easier to talk about what Commando wasn't than what Commando...
...Forum at the Harvard Institute of Politics that we have already entered the post-Reagan era, he demonstrated a naivete that could prove fatal for the Democratic Party. Kirk reassured us that the "Conservative realignment" Democrats feared has not materialized and that all the party has to do to regain power is to wait for the political pendulum to swing back its way. With this kind of attitude among Democratic leaders, they are going to be waiting a long time...
...appeal to the urban worker, the Democrats have started talking about protectionism. To appeal to the Southern white, they have stopped talking about affirmative action. To appeal to the mythical yuppie, they have stopped being "soft on defense." The solution seems to be: To regain majority status, move right. Out-right the right with morality/family rhetoric. But is it possible to out Republican the Republicans? Won't the Democrats simply shift the political spectrum rightward and come out looking just as far left, wimpy, and soft--a pale shadow of the cowboy--booted New Right...