Word: todays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Somewhere deep in the heart of New Jersey, Princeton men's basketball Coach Pete Carril will be snickering today when he opens his sports page and checks out the Harvard Brandeis result...
...Carril might close his paper and think about what he's going to say to his team at practice today. Maybe it'll go something like this, "Guys, we've got a lot of work to do before the Ivy season starts. We have to prepare for Penn, Dartmouth, Yale...(pause)...and Harvard...
...Banking Committee, his right hand trembled noticeably. His tanned face flushed, his 6-ft. 5-in. frame slumped, Keating, 66, demanded that television cameras be turned off. Then he spoke: "On the advice of counsel, I respectfully exercise my constitutional prerogative and privilege . . . and decline to answer questions here today...
George Bush did not get where he is today by taking chances or questioning conventional wisdom, particularly on the No. 1 life-or-death issue of U.S. foreign policy. As a Congressman, diplomat, Republican Party chairman, Vice President and presidential candidate, he was always the sort of politician who fretted about the consequences of a misstep. For Bush, therefore, slow is better than fast and standing pat is often the safest posture. Once he replaced Ronald Reagan, Bush's instinct was to apply the brakes to the juggernaut of improved U.S.-Soviet relations, to take the turns very cautiously...
...ambiguous effect on the thinking of the Bush Administration. The set of questions that drives U.S. policy has gone from "Is Gorbachev for real? And is he good for us?" to "Can he make it? And can we help him?" There is far more inclination in Washington today than even a few months ago to accept the best-case interpretation of what Gorbachev wants, what he represents, and what the U.S.S.R. would look like if he were to succeed in his program. At the same time, however, there is also more objective reason than before to credit the worst-case...