Word: trait
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perverse trait among shaky S & Ls has been their tendency to get further and further into what one bank regulator euphemistically calls "deep yogurt," in part because they must offer higher interest rates than their competitors to keep attracting savings. Big-time depositors flock to these S & Ls, knowing that they cannot lose because the Government will guarantee deposits up to $100,000. In that sense, Congress contributed to the FSLIC's liability in 1980, when it raised the coverage limit from...
...young, a great deal of speculation about Kennedy's future plans. As the son of former-Sen. Robert F. Kennedy '48 (D-N.Y.) and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy '40, a political career seemed almost pre-ordained for Joe. Political success, it seems, is a hereditary trait...
...walked with a friend across the Yale campus to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Bush volunteered that he was not a real intellectual. He prides himself on being a practical man, a problem solver, a bit of an overachiever. Some friends say his most notable trait is his persistence. He had been running for President for 20 years...
...Bush's sociable and humane instinct has a flip side: he often receives conflicting advice and he hates to disappoint friends. This can cause him to be indecisive and tentative in asserting his views, a trait that is exacerbated by his inherent cautious nature and his lack of ideological commitments...
Finally, Bush tends to lose concentration at times when he cannot be convinced his attention is required. Aides say that trait explains such "abnormalities" as his shockingly inert role in the Iran-contra affair. It also accounts, they say, for the marked improvement in his speaking style between the middle primaries, when Bush was not fully involved in political theater, and the postconvention period, when he appreciated that the stakes were high...