Word: stewardship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seem to have an insatiable appetite for surveys of public opinion. We wake up every morning to new data on how Americans feel about Clinton's moral character, his stewardship of the economy and his artful dodging of the accusations against...
...moment informed by the prejudices born of America's recent "stewardship" of South Korea, they come together in a Tennessee college town: Katherine, a fallen Southern belle, and Chang, a visiting Korean student. Initially, their interwoven stories seem as uncomfortably mismatched as they themselves are. Chang's vivid memories of the Korean War, peppered with brutality and salted with bitterness toward his countrymen and his American mentors, block his ability to envision a future. Katherine too suffers from jolting betrayals that have left her alienated from family and home. But in and through each other, they discover a capacity...
Under the 31-year editorial stewardship of Ruth Whitney, 70, Glamour committed itself to offering young women a perspective beyond the frame of their compact mirrors. In fact, Whitney's mix of personal service and substantial journalism has made Glamour one of the best-read women's magazines in the country, with 2.2 million readers, vs. top-selling Cosmo's 2.7 million. Glamour is the biggest moneymaker for its corporate parent, Conde Nast, and has won a number of National Magazine Awards, including two for general excellence and one for a series on managed care...
...incident might not be of primary concern to Lukashenko. TIME correspondent Yuri Zarakovich reports that the authoritarian president has restored a Soviet-style command economy, and last April responded to a fall in the Belarus ruble by firing and jailing dozens of officials. With Lukashenko citing Hitler's stewardship of Germany as a role model for his presidency, it's fair to assume that diplomatic protocol is not his priority...
Holbrooke is generous in praising his colleagues. In particular, his appreciation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher's contribution should go a long way toward countering the scathing criticisms of Christopher's stewardship that were fashionable at the time. Christopher gave Holbrooke an "unprecedented degree of flexibility" and was always prepared to wade in himself if needed. He emerges as one of the heroes of this strange epic...