Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special cable to the U.S. delegation attending a U.N.-sponsored environment meeting in Geneva. The cable, signed by chief of staff John Sununu, directed the American representatives to invite the other participating nations to a global-warming workshop in Washington this fall. Said Sununu in the message: "The scope and importance of this issue are so great that it is essential for the U.S. to exercise a leadership role...
...under glass. Computerized mannequins portray such stars as James Cagney, Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford. An Alien monster lurches and drools. For all its bustle, the ride refuses to enthrall. Even a beguiling stop in Munchkinland reminds the passengers that, however the technology of Disney rides has improved, the scope has not changed since the '60s. It's a Small World after...
...didn't the Secretary of the Interior go to Alaska soon after the spill to see the scope of the disaster with his own eyes? Three weeks before the spill, an Environmental Protection Agency report criticized oil companies' "careless management of chemical and oil wastes on Alaska's North Slope." The lack of a coherent plan to deal with such crises has given new meaning to the phrase, "from sea to shining...
Although Tsongas is working for a solution for Massachusetts, the problem of an increasingly unqualified work force and low productivity is national in scope. The United States trade deficit remains high, even with the fall of the dollar...
Karnow traces these developments with authority and great insight, especially his spirited critique of America's dunderheaded rush into the archipelago at the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the scope of In Our Image has muted the drama of Marcos' inexorable downfall. Karnow provides fascinating new details about Ronald Reagan's reluctant abandonment of Marcos and his less than warm relationship with Corazon Aquino. But that story, the most familiar to contemporary readers, feels perfunctory and overly concise in the book. Set against the turmoil of the Philippine past, it is merely a loud echo of older patterns...