Word: shorthanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long-term outlook for the nation's economy is worse than the public appreciates; the euphoria surrounding the latest growth figures is unfounded; and some of the underlying assumptions behind the economic plan Clinton embraced during the campaign are wrong. "Blair House," as it is now referred to in shorthand among a close circle of Clinton aides, was not a pleasant meeting. The President-elect feared that his advisers had misled him during the campaign, and the discussion's revelations constituted the beginning of what he himself calls his "first political crisis...
...spun out at every opportunity, whether in shorthand in St. Louis or in some greater detail on the stump, the differences between the candidates' economic views could not be greater. The two candidates' views regarding the recently negotiated North American Free Trade Agreement illustrate that gap. Both support NAFTA as vital for the nation's economic future, but Bush clearly believes that merely establishing a new North American trade zone is sufficient to spur economic growth. In the President's mind, free trade is an end in itself; once established, market forces will determine winners and losers on the merits...
...label Oval Office has become shorthand for the locus of power and grave deliberations, but in fact the modern White House occupants rarely used it that way. "The Lincoln Sitting Room was my favorite room," Richard Nixon said. "It was a room for contemplation. I felt we did the best thinking, the most organized, disciplined thinking there. I got my best ideas in that room...
...conflict" is Falklander shorthand for the war between Britain and Argentina that ended 10 years ago this month after rocking the windy, 160- mile-wide archipelago of 778 islands for 74 days. The "changes" refer to the spurt of postwar economic development that has transformed this once depressed South Atlantic outpost into the wealthiest enclave in the hemisphere. Last week former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher received a hero's welcome as she touched down in the Falklands to celebrate the anniversary of the military victory. The warm welcome no doubt included a dollop of gratitude for the current economic...
...building the controversial $8.4 billion supercollider in Texas. He spearheaded the construction of the new symphony hall in Dallas, which is named after Meyerson because Perot made that a condition for his own $10 million contribution. The two men are so close, says Meyerson, that "we can communicate in shorthand." He will help screen prospective staff members as well as meld a cross section of ideas into the position papers that Perot has promised to produce...