Word: tirelessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deviated from the leftist line popular among academics. Others who know Central America well defend Leiken, if not always his point of view. "Bob probably knows more about Nicaragua than any other non-Nicaraguan," says Nina Shea of the New York-based International League for Human Rights. "He's tireless in his pursuit of the facts and lets the chips fall where they...
When the President emerged from that session, he mollified some State Department concerns by describing the Philippine elections as "flawed" and "disturbing." He announced the appointment of Special Envoy Habib as a would-be mediator. The choice was shrewd. A tireless career diplomat, Habib is a veteran Asia hand who retired from the Foreign Service in 1983 after serving as the President's special emissary to the Middle East. Habib's new job, said Reagan, would be to advise on how the U.S. can "help the people of the Philippines overcome the grave problems their country faces, and to continue...
Ferraro's finances, which bedeviled her 1984 campaign, were not her only political liability. Alfonse D'Amato, who squeaked into office five years ago in a three-way contest, has confounded Democrats by building a formidable base for a second-term bid. A tireless campaigner who tends assiduously to home- state details, D'Amato has amassed a war chest of $7 million. Last week, even though the Democrats have yet to come up with a candidate, five New York City unions, including those representing city employees and transit workers, endorsed D'Amato, bringing his statewide total to nearly 70. Even...
...real show is the one everyone will be able to watch: the royal vaudeville, with the tireless duo dashing on- and offstage, making dozens of costume changes, playing all the roles themselves, and shadowing forth what their life is like behind the curtain. For the audience, there is the added spectacle of normally snooty folks falling all over themselves to meet the royal performers...
...Houston, a seemingly tireless Conwell, an oil-equipment salesman who now resides in Oman, said he had belatedly discovered that he was being criticized for his apparently pro-Shi'ite remarks. He noted reports that the White House had preferred that he not speak at Andrews base and that the President's men were relieved when Captain Testrake was asked to become the new spokesman. Once the hostages were freed, Conwell agreed, it made sense to have the captain act as spokesman...