Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first visit. "The people we met were as fascinated by the topic as we were," says Isaacson, co-author of a recent book on the beginnings of the cold war, The Wise Men (Simon & Schuster; $22.95). "Before we could pose our questions, they were asking us, 'Can Gorbachev succeed? What do you think will happen...
When McFarlane resigned toward the end of 1985, worn out by a turf war with Chief of Staff Donald Regan, the President named Poindexter to succeed him. It was widely believed Regan, who is thought to have been present at nearly every one of Poindexter's daily briefings of the President, considered Poindexter a man he could control. The new National Security Adviser did manage to resolve two long-standing policy disputes within the Administration: he mediated the decisions to abandon U.S. observance of the unratified SALT II treaty and to retaliate against terrorism by launching the 1986 air strike...
...senior, North was not voted "most likely to succeed," but "most courteous" and "nicest looking." He is remembered by some as being perpetually well-groomed, even fastidious, never going anywhere without a comb in his pocket. "When Larry walked into the room, you knew it," recalls Thomas Gibbons, his former English teacher. "He had an air of self- confidence...
...first you don't succeed, go back to the laboratory. That is what Genentech (1986 revenues: $134 million) must do now that the Food and Drug Administration has at least temporarily rejected t-PA, the company's revolutionary new, genetically engineered drug that dissolves blood clots, which often lead to heart attacks. The FDA asked South San Francisco-based Genentech to come up with further test data in support of the company's claim that the drug can increase the survival rate of heart-attack victims...
Changes in the way the government functions have thrust the press into a more influential political role, Kalb says. "No policy of this government--or any administration--can succeed in this democracy unless the people understand and support the policy, no matter how brilliantly conceived," he says...