Word: overextended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deflate an optimist. The optimist will say that such-and-such commodity, although long on the market with a steady rate of buyers, still has a growth capacity in the millions. The realist will counter that the commodity is in fact a "mature product," and if it tries to overextend its natural reach, it will either flop, twist itself out of shape, or both...
...soldiers on. But both his reticence and his unwillingness to take firm policy positions leave the impression-and hence add to the reality-that he is not in control. The professionals who work with him can only hope that those who have usurped the department's role might overextend themselves, and thus let the pendulum of power swing back toward State...