Word: steering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carter has generally tried to steer a conservative course, a rare and difficult goal for a Democratic President, but his compass has been erratic. He has actually introduced four anti-inflation plans. None have had much impact, partly because he has been reluctant to propose the kind of slashing required to get the federal budget into balance-provided he could have pushed such cuts through Congress. Last whiter the Administration submitted its normal budget, but then, when stunned by fresh inflation figures and an anticipated deficit of $16 billion, rushed out another in six weeks...
...make sure that no one followed in Logan's faulty footsteps, McCurdy appointed twelve j.v. runners to "Logan's Legion," positioning them at various points along the race to steer the runners in the correct direction...
...tenured women faculty members, several departmental sources--both supporters and opponents of Skocpol--insisted the decision not to keep her had nothing to do with sex bias. Rather, those who opposed her did so because they disagreed with her comparative approach to the discipline and felt it would steer the department in a direction they did not want it to go. Sources also said that some opponents simply did not like Skocpol's "strong" personality...
...concludes Professor James Bill, an Iran specialist at the University of Texas, "but in the process he forgot the needs of his people. He insulated and isolated himself from them, and in the end failed to build the political institutions and social trust they needed." He steered his country into a revolution, only to find that, as it gathered force, his people decided that they would no longer allow him to steer his country anywhere...
Maybe. Dr. Joe has undoubtedly begun to steer the Argentine economy in the proper direction, and it could be approaching something of a boom era. But the Argentines have a long and discouraging tradition of social turmoil. There are still plenty of skeptics willing to bet that they will once again manage to turn immense potential and budding economic stability into politically induced poverty...