Word: role
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...school distributes three-and-a-half to four million copies each year; one-and-a-half million are used within the B-School alone. Up until the 1950s the school served as a clearinghouse for the case studies of outside institutions, but later it abandoned this role...
Fulbright's dissenting views about U.S. interventions have irked some policymakers in the past, but, more importantly, they have led to a creative understanding of the United States' role in the world. So when the former senator reflects on the current state of U.S. foreign policy in his new book, he is able to draw on a wealth of knowledge and experience. Littered with anecdotes, The Price of Empire is a series of enlightening reflections on the key points and trends in U.S. foreign policy since the Second World...
...days, La Bolsa lost 74% of its value. The "crack," as Mexicans refer to it, wiped out tens of thousands of small investors, many of whom filed criminal complaints accusing their brokers of cheating them. The arrest of Legorreta, who had been considered immune partly because of his role as a fund raiser for Salinas, has proved popular among consumers, if not businessmen. Legorreta has denied any wrongdoing. "I am innocent," he said. "I believe in doing things according...
...this flaw to some extent, but Bush has it worse than, say, Ronald Reagan, who eight years ago put together an effective team that mixed old friends and talented people he barely knew, some staunchly conservative, others not. In contrast, says a former Bush adviser who played a large role in the transition, Bush "always asked, 'Is he or she really on the team?' " In selecting Quayle, for example, Bush did not want a running mate with a significant constituency of his own, and he made the decision without heeding the counsel of politically savvy advisers. Sununu...
...further, it blows up." Somewhat testily, Bush also applied the brakes: "I don't want to be stampeded by the fact that the Soviet Foreign Minister takes a trip to the Middle East." Though he praised Shevardnadze's trip as a "good thing," the President reiterated that the Soviet role in the region "should be limited." Shevardnadze had a canny response: "This is very sad because it injects an element of rivalry that is unnecessary." Then, with a smile, he added, "This is my first critical remark about the President of the United States...