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...tight rope that a manager must walk when dealing with a divided council does not make anybody's life easy," Healy said...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Healy Testifies in Public Evaluation | 2/26/1993 | See Source »

...army is dangerously riven: its rank and file fear that its leaders will cut and run into comfortable exile, leaving subordinates to face the people's anger. Aristide too suspects the army is bargaining in bad faith, but he is cooperating because there is no other way to rope the Clinton Administration into supporting his cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Lives on Hold | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...house which pretends to be a ship--a ship waiting to run itself aground because no one is willing or able to navigate it. The lush blue lighting falls on a mast with a furled sail, a writing desk bearing a huge ship's wheel and a coil of rope...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ART's Misinterpretation Of Shaw Is Heartbreaking | 1/29/1993 | See Source »

Another way to get up Mt. Brokenleg is the rope tow. About this ancient contraption, I have very little to say. Rope burn. Back pain the next...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Uphill Isn't as Fun as Skiing Down | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

...Clinton has rewarded the moderates and rewarded the liberals," said a member of the latter camp. "He isn't tipping his hand as yet." The prominence of From and his minions in Clinton's operation, however, suggests that one side in the tug-of-war is already winning some rope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al From: A Public Policy Entrepreneur | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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