Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strength of just one Bambi Taylor flick of a wrist, the Crimson dropped the nation's sixth-ranked University of Massachusetts squad, 1-0, and gave itself the shot in the arm it's been looking for since season's start...
...debate between the CIA and military analysts over whether the enemy's "irregular self-defense" supporters should be included in the figures. The defeats suffered by North Viet Nam during the Tet offensive of early 1968, Westmoreland claims, vindicate his command's method of reporting enemy strength. In an internal investigation six months later, conducted after TV Guide had published a cover story on the show titled "Anatomy of a Smear," a CBS official concluded that the word "conspiracy" was not justified and that certain of the network's reporting guidelines had been violated; but both...
...supply-siders, led by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, have consistently urged the President to oppose income tax hikes. Another faction, known as the "pragmatists" and led by Budget Director David Stockman, has counseled Reagan to keep open all options, including a tax increase. The pragmatists fear that the strength of the economy may convince the President that the supply-siders are right. Says one Administration official: "The President is going to be aw fully tempted to believe this fairy tale about the deficit going away...
...nervously worrying about problem loans at other big banks. But they at least could take heart in the fitness of banks like Continental's archrival, First Chicago (assets: $40.5 billion). Located just three blocks from Continental in the downtown financial district, First Chicago seemed like a monument of strength. While many other big banks were posting shaky profits, it announced in July a second-quarter earnings gain of 23% over 1983. Last week, however, First Chicago made a stunning disclosure that stirred new concerns about the soundness of the U.S. banking industry. Chairman Barry Sullivan stated that First Chicago...
...fact is that the country has consistently shown its best face and best strength when it has defined rugged individuals as those people rugged enough to come to the aid of their fellows, and intelligent enough to recognize when they need such aid in return. Could there be some national embarrassment in that, a Wallace Beery blush suggesting that Americans risk becoming sissified when they acknowledge normal human dependencies? Who should be called a rugged individual these days? Lee Iacocca? All Iacocca needed was a billion dollars from the Government, and he was ready to stand alone...