Word: sooner
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Reagan jolted the place out of 50 years of slovenly habits. One of the laws of the political universe is that people who spend other people's money sooner or later become indifferent to the source and careless with the wealth. They need periodic kicks in the pants. Reagan delivered one. But he has gone too far in a number of ways and is being shouldered back to center. The defense budget has been cut and will be cut more. The MX missile will not be based in a "big bird" flapping about the heavens, but will...
...April 4] deserves to be punished for its support of leftist guerrilla activity in El Salvador, the people of Nicaragua should not be victimized by another civil war. The U.S. and the anti-Sandinista military forces operating out of Honduras are callously disregarding the innocent Nicaraguans. Our action may sooner or later provoke the direct involvement of Cuban forces. Donald H. Monroe Jr. Elmira...
President Reagan has until Aug. 6 to reappoint Volcker to a new term or name a successor. But experts predict that he will probably act sooner, perhaps in early June. Waiting any longer would create great uncertainty in world money markets and not allow time for a smooth transition in case Volcker does not stay. On the other hand, Wall Streeters believe Reagan is unlikely to move before the late-May meeting in Williamsburg, Va., of the leaders of the seven leading industrial powers...
...take a back seat in the Rolls-Royce of life to the affairs of church and state. Last week, for example, rumors surfaced of a September wedding between Monaco's Princess Caroline, 26, and Robertino Rossellini, 33, the son of Ingrid Bergman and Film Maker Roberto Rosseilini. No sooner said than scotched. "If ever she decides to marry, the announcement will come from the palace," chilled the Grimaldi press representative. Though the pair are clearly a couple, a nuptial announcement does seem some time off. Caroline was granted a divorce from Eurolizard Philippe Junot in 1980, but her application...
...research in the usual sense of the term Eventually Leary and Alpert left Harvard amidst charges on the one side that academic freedom had been violated and on the other that Harvard had been much too lax in not attempting to control the actions of obviously irresponsible faculty members sooner...