Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead, Hawking thinks nuclear was is "by far our most dangerous worry." He endorses the new disarmament movements in Europe and hopes they'll at least succeed in removing nuclear weapons from Britain and the continent "I thin that we should all disarm now and not wait for the other side to do so first. The survival of the human race is much more important than the difference between capitalism and communism...
...election, which Washington hopes will produce a solid majority for President José Napoleón Duarte's moderate Christian Democrats. A veteran politician who returned from exile and joined the junta, Duarte is essential to the political solution that U.S. policymakers are banking on. Even if the guerrillas do not succeed in disrupting the balloting, the results could be fatal for the moderates: the right may get a significant representation in the government. That could lead to further polarization, halt the land reform program and step up the violence even more...
...producer kept wanting me to dress up in a gopher suit and dance"), Letterman won bookings on The Tonight Show, first as a guest and then as a frequent guest host. In 1980, when Johnny Carson threatened to quit his show, Letterman was often mentioned as most likely to succeed. Like Steve Allen, whose syndicated talk show in the '60s had much of Late Night's loopy spontaneity, Carson has been a major influence on Letterman-ever since the '50s, when Johnny got laughs on Who Do You Trust? by bantering with contestants. Recalls Letterman: "There...
IMAGES are of the essence in politics. The major strike against the liberals over the past year has been the impression they convey of antiquated figures living in the past. The ADA must face the 1980s reality that to succeed, the liberals will have to shed their image of rejuvenated New Dealers...
...experiment and be creative in addressing the pressing problems of his day. With just such an array of problems demanding response, the time is ripe for the ADA to reaffirm its place in American politics; once again it has the manpower and the money. If the ADA is to succeed, however, it must not hide behind the mantle of Roosevelt but take it proudly, not afraid to dip into the ranks of the intellectuals and come up with new proposals, whether neo-liberal or neo-socialist...