Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attempts at juggling marriage, children, and a career. In a piece on Sandra Day O'Connor, President Reagan's choice for the first female Supreme Court Justice, Lord commiserated with the jurist, writing. "I can guess at the hard choices that Judge O'Connor must have made to succeed...
World events, which have fortuitously permitted Ronald Reagan to concentrate on his economic revolution, seem unwilling to wait much longer, even as he struggles to give his economic program wider credibility. Engendering a natural psychology that his sweeping economic changes would succeed was always an essential part of the program. The Administration can be faulted for not heeding the warning signals that this year's budget deficit might balloon beyond expectations, and that its defense spending plans might prove too lavish. But the rush to judgment before the first tax or budget cut even takes place is a curious...
...program of "self-management" under which factories and other enterprises would be run not by state-appointed managers but by directors chosen by workers' councils. In July, employees of LOT, the state airline, struck for four hours over the right to choose a new director. They did not succeed. But a few weeks later, worker representatives from 1,000 enterprises met in the port city of Gdansk to discuss self-management. Then they went home and, in many cases, proceeded with plans to put it into practice. The result is confusion in the economy and consternation in the government...
...succeed. Even though the leaders of the opposition Labor Party are willing to negotiate with Jordan about territorial concessions on the West Bank, they may inherit a fait accompli if they return to power. They might find the thousands of Jewish settlers, many of whom fanatically share Begin's biblical dream of a greater Israel, even more difficult to dislodge than the nearly 1 million indigenous Arabs are to absorb into Israel...
...Acker succeed in what many experts regard as a mission-impossible job? Says he lightheartedly: "I was thinking about finding a more challenging job, and I asked about being the captain of the Titanic. But they said I was years too late. So I decided to take the job of Pan Am chairman." Wall Street seemingly gave its approval to the new chairman last week. Pan Am's stock rose and Air Florida's shares dipped in price upon news of the appointment...