Word: scheming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much of the first-place Elis' success this season has been attributed to the team's full-time use of a wishbone formation, an offensive scheme that places three running backs in the backfield...
...inequities and inefficiencies of the current system. We believe that a truly progressive candidate would push for a more efficient and fair system for ensuring an adequate supply of affordable housing for the needy. We would like to see a progressive candidate who did not blindly defend a scheme that benefits rich free-loaders and pushes the costs of the system free ride onto those who cannot get rent-controlled housing...
...postwar era was launched with a speech by Harry Truman outlining a presidential vision of containment. Similarly, Bush could launch a postcontainment era by propounding a bold swords-into-plowshares scheme for a fundamental change in East-West relations. Such a clarion call for a radical new Bush Doctrine could command the bipartisan support that accompanied the Truman Doctrine. It could also, at the very least, regain for the U.S. the initiative on the world stage. And, who knows? Gorbachev might go along. More surprising things have happened this year...
LIVING: At New York's edge: a grand scheme...
...grand visionary scheme has been more than two decades in the making, but this year it has come into full flower. Almost 30,000 people work in the World Financial Center, four stunning towers that won new laurels for internationally renowned architect Cesar Pelli and Canada-based developers Olympia & York. In the financial district, where the last broker to leave Wall < Street used to put out the cat each night, more than 6,000 residents have settled into the thicket of 19 new apartment buildings, creating a flourishing neighborhood. Upwards of 40 restaurants and glossy shops have followed. This week...