Word: wayward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ordering the discharge of hundreds of government employees. Doe-who has kept his master sergeant stripes-dispatched his commanding general to collar Weh Syen. Doe, a member of the Krahn tribe, then toured the eastern provinces and personally assured the people that he would severely punish any other wayward council members. Doe's blunt warning to his colleagues: "If you get caught-hey, you might not live to tell the story...
...Reagan as surrogate parent: Here comes Ronald Reagan, speaking softly but brandishing the big stick. He is Big Daddy come to rescue his wayward children, and will not hesitate if necessary to spank the Soviet boys on the bloc. He projects a Freudian father image, comforting in times of confidence crises and national malaises...
Power struggle in a wayward revolution
...floundering President Abolhassan Banisadr. Not only did his candidates make a dismal showing in the second round of parliamentary elections; he also lost a battle in his power struggle with the clergy-dominated Islamic Republic Party. As the President and the mullahs jockeyed for control of Iran's wayward revolution, the faction-ridden and economically strapped regime of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini slipped ever closer to chaos...
...A.B.T. dancing has been inspired or even precise; the company's relentless touring schedule alone would preclude that. The corps is capable of disciplined ensemble work and, on other occasions, some ragged footwork and wayward arms. The star system provides Americans with standard-setting performances, but not even Chase can always find a way to make virtuosos like Makarova, Gregory and Gelsey Kirkland flourish in harmony-or even appear in the same city. At curtain time, there was the usual clutter of telegrams. One began, "Rosalynn and I." A message from Baryshnikov, who was in Paris, burbled...