Word: stewardship
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gauntlet of Western Senators who left the impression that the government has unreasonably locked up vast tracts of forest. All it takes, however, is a flight over the tattered quilt of arbitrary-looking patches that remain of the Pacific Northwest's forests to refute bland assurances of responsible stewardship...
...year after taking office, Boutros-Ghali will not admit to disappointment, but it is evident that his ambitions to help shape the architecture of a new world order have run into trouble. Under his stewardship, the U.N. has dramatically expanded its peacekeeping mandate -- only to find itself stymied, even rejected, on several of its recent initiatives. Though the Secretary- General acts at the behest of the Security Council, he is being saddled with much of the blame. Rightly or wrongly, the Secretary-General has, in ^ effect, become the lightning rod for dissatisfaction with the U.N. and, more generally, for widespread...
What is it in the stars that piles one tragedy on another? Perhaps what is happening to Bush now is his ultimate test, and his response will be his final statement in his stewardship. It is fascinating how these men who climb to the heights of power almost always at some point pause and look back and truly understand what they owe their mothers. There was a night in the long past when John Kennedy, so heralded as a son of the grasping, determined Joe Kennedy, lowered his voice and mused how his sense of history and understanding of this...
Center-Right Republicans. They believe the party can recapture a majority by emphasizing its two traditional strengths: fiscal restraint and foreign-policy stewardship. The centrists, who include Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Texas Senator Phil Gramm, consider the far right too offensive to independent- minded voters, especially women, and believe the Kempites are too cavalier about the federal budget deficit. An ex-Democrat, Gramm said he could balance the budget within five years, and has gone further than anyone except Ross Perot in calling for reduction in such entitlements as Medicaid and Medicare. Unlike Kemp and other supply-siders, Gramm...
...Britain outside the European Community would face untenable political and economic isolation, he is obstinately insisting on bringing a procedural vote on the treaty to the floor of Parliament on Nov. 4. The vote is a test not only of European unity but also of John Major's stewardship of Britain...