Word: waking
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...wake of the Watergate scandals, Bok made the fledgling school of government one of his top priorities. Citing the "dolorous record" of government during those years, Bok called for "nothing less than the education of a new profession," in a 1973 speech...
...wake of his victory Green was exultant. "Message beat money," he crowed. Until recently the received wisdom has been that money talks, especially in TV advertising. Indeed, Dyson's media consultant, Phil Friedman, who pocketed a handsome $450,000 for the job, confidently predicted victory in the days leading up to the voting. But to Randy Daniels, Green's press secretary, the upset "shows the limitations" of political commercials. "We were able to defeat Dyson and Dyson's money because we outworked him and outresearched...
...wake of the assassination attempt, the imperious Pinochet, certain of his support in the 57,000-man army, staged a grand popular gala in honor of his continued tenure. In full-page newspaper ads the general dubbed the long- planned celebration, seen as a kickoff of his campaign for the presidency in 1989, "The First Day of the Future." Under the 1980 constitution drawn up by Pinochet, Chile's four-man military junta will choose a single presidential candidate, who will then run in a yes-or-no national plebiscite and, if the electorate endorses him, serve until 1997. Three...
Along the acquisition trail, Tisch made several false moves. In 1973 Loews bought a substantial share of Equity Funding just before the insurance company fell apart in the wake of a scandal that involved selling fraudulent insurance policies. Loews suffered a pretax loss of $3 million on its investment. Another ill-timed move was the acquisition of Bulova Watch in 1979, which proved a money-losing division for Loews until...
...wake of the Watergate scandals, Bok made the fledgling school of government one of his top priorities. Citing the "dolorous record" of government during those years, Bok called for "nothing less than the education of a new profession," in a 1973 speech...