Word: successful
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...stump, Mondale has not had much success making an issue of the federal deficit. But on Sunday night he aggressively pressed Reagan for his "plan" to deal with the problem. "President Reagan takes the position [the deficit] will disappear by magic," scoffed Mondale. Reagan insisted that he would not raise taxes, and that the recovery would produce the needed revenues to close the budget gap. Reagan charged, "I don't believe that Mr. Mondale has a plan for balancing the budget. He has a plan for raising taxes." But at moments the President seemed defensive. He insisted that high...
...internal code of honor than were the Mafiosi in the generation of his father's father (see box). Officials on both sides of the Atlantic consider Buscetta's break with the Mob a significant gain for law enforcement, which has thus far had only limited success in getting those who really know about Mafia operations to talk about them...
...easy as, and more effective than, shooting them. But the modern U.S. Mafia has fallen on hard times, say federal authorities. With their sons and heirs becoming assimilated and choosing the boardroom over the back room, and with their ranks depleted by the Government's limited but expanding success at prosecution, U.S. capi since the early '60s have found themselves increasingly short of manpower. The Sicilian families have provided the new blood, sending over a generation of immigrants who are very tough and far more willing than their U.S. counterparts to submit to the discipline required of anyone...
Many officials in both countries believe they are on the verge of a major breakthrough in their long, only partly effective war against the Mafia. Flushed with the success of their campaign to combat the political terrorism of the Red Brigades, Italian authorities have been moving against the Mafia with increasing vigor in recent months. Meanwhile, the U.S. has also been doing better as it has stepped up its attack on organized crime. According to FBI Director William Webster, narcotics investigations alone produced 700 convictions in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 1983. Justice Department investigations have produced such...
...suspended from practicing in court for six months in 1972 following allegations, which he has denied, that he had spanked some of his secretaries with a bamboo stick. Elisabeth Kopp asked that her qualifications be considered, not her husband's. Her election, she said last week, was "a success for all the women of Switzerland...