Word: successful
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...violent outburst was a sobering reminder of the potentially volatile problems that Mubarak faces. Over the past 4 1/2 years, he has enjoyed moderate success with his foreign policy initiatives, most notably raising Egypt's status in the Arab world, which had shunned the country after Sadat signed the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. But he has been less successful at home. Egypt's already shaky economy continues to suffer setbacks. Even before hotels were attacked last week, the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro last October and other terrorist incidents in the region had caused a severe drop...
...Lorenzo savored his success last week, he sounded alternately conciliatory and pugnacious toward Eastern's employees. "We're not union busters, we're airline builders," he said at one point. Later, though, Lorenzo took the offensive, declaring that it was essential that he receive wage concessions from the machinists' union. Said he: "There is no Santa Claus...
...again. The visiting Bubka emerged on top, winning three of the five meets and twice setting new records, the last at 19 ft. 6 1/4 in. Despite earlier cross-country tensions among the three, Bubka observed diplomatically at the finale, "Our competition is friendly competition. They will make further success...
...call for Detroit-only shopping is expected to have limited success, even among blacks who have been insulted by Dearborn's racial attitudes. Fred Morgan, 39, a Detroit truck driver, long ago dropped the idea of buying a house in Dearborn, in part because he felt unwelcome. But he still will shop there. "I was out last night looking for an air compressor," he said. "Where am I going to get one in Detroit for the kind of price I can find in the suburbs...
...concrete progress" on arms control for a summit to be worthwhile. For him, it was a tactical ploy: having offered inducements, he was now applying pressure. But U.S. officials believe there could indeed be an interim INF deal of some kind ready for signing this year. Such a success would feed even greater expectations in the West. As a result, the Reagan Administration would then be under greater pressure at the 1987 summit in Moscow to reach a more comprehensive agreement, one that would include curbs on Star Wars. Or that, at least, is what Gorbachev hopes...