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...goodbye to Bonfield. In comes reliever Greg Ager to undo the damage. And Ager...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Clutch Hits Lead Elis to Batsmen Sweep | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

...translation, cold feet are "like blocks of ice." A bashed villain goes "out like a light." A neighborhood is "as silent as the grave." An event happens "in a flash." Matters are as clear "as daylight." If the author were competing with John le Carre, these bromides might undo his tale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Savory Gambits | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...larger truth is that though presidential appointees and the career bureaucrats over whom they preside can do or undo a great deal, the decisive factor is will at the top. A President who is engaged can sustain loyalists and thwart the deviant. When the attention of the White House wanders, entropy sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Some Misconceptions About Transitions | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...poorly in the first one), Ailes sent the President into the ring with these words: "When you see Mondale, remember, this man had twelve years as Senator and Vice President, and it was a mess. And what he wants to do is get your job so that he can undo everything you spent your entire life doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power Populist | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...does not ask much of the weaponsmakers. "I would like to see, just like it was an individual, that they'd just admit they screwed up, that they were willing to right their wrongs," Zinser says of the bombmakers. "There is a lot of damage they can't undo. But if they deny responsibility, and you have a Government that is not accountable to its citizens, then you do not have a republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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