Word: stems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kirkpatrick's difficulties stem, at least in part, from the nature of her job. Says one knowledgeable diplomatic source: "She has been shocked into seeing that her role is a marginal one. You can't change the framework of existing foreign policy in New York." Indeed, ever since the U.N. ambassadorship became a Cabinet-level post in 1961, the position has had a complicated dual status. As a Cabinet member, Kirkpatrick is entitled to press her views on the President. At the same time, however, she must report to and take orders from the Secretary of State. Apparently...
...through sentences. Says he: "I've got what you'd call a Mafioso voice, and I'm self-conscious about it." Father Frank, a Sicilian immigrant, moved the family to Silver Springs, Md., and opened a beauty shop. His mother Jacqueline, a former "Long Stem Rose" chorine in a Billy Rose revue, started her own business, a workout salon. The family exercise, however, was social climbing. It left a bitter taste. "My father wanted to be accepted into a certain class, so we played 'poor man's polo,' " says Stallone. "A good pony cost...
...government has tried to stem the passive protest, claiming that the red and white background of the Black Madonna pins represents a misuse of Poland's national colors. The authorities have fined badge wearers as much as 5,000 zlotys ($60), or about half the average monthly wage. The same penalty applies to anyone caught organizing a newswalk. Some methods of retaliation are even harsher. Students arrested in demonstrations are routinely expelled from school. After workers at Swidnik's factory joined a 15-minute work stoppage on May 13, some strikers received pink slips. But the Poles show...
Administration aides leave no doubt that this is a deliberate political game. The President is preparing to denounce Congress if it produces a budget resolution with gargantuan deficits, and to take the credit if it somehow passes a plan to stem the red ink. Reagan has been explicit on only one point, there must be no tampering with the third stage of his cherished income tax cuts, a 10% reduction that will take effect in July...
Perhaps it's presumptuous to argue from the inside that others can make do elsewhere for a few years, but why shouldn't more people have the opportunity to choose to learn, if not live here. The unhappiness over forced commuting, though not mysterious, often seems to stem from the same unwarrented awe for things Crimson that afflicts a large proportion of on-campus residents. Students who missed a standard acceptance here by a hairsbreadth are no doubt capable of getting into other reputable institutions of higher education. An offer from Byerly Hall, especially a qualified one, should...