Word: analyst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a high rate of inaccuracy. While many military experts argued that battleships simply provide an empty show of force, defenders of the dreadnoughts responded that in some situations they are invaluable in projecting a nation's power and determination. "In peacetime the mission is political presence," says naval analyst Norman Polmar, "and they are very impressive for that." But they are also quite expensive. While cheaper to operate than an aircraft carrier, each of the four active battleships consumes $80 million a year in operations and support costs...
...diminutive, tam- o'-shanter-wearing S.I. Hayakawa, who said of the Panama Canal, "We should keep it; we stole it fair and square"? Or, for that matter, the Gipper? On the liberal side, there was Jerry Brown, promoter of Zen politics and Spaceship Earth. Bill Schneider, political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, blames Governor Moonbeam for starting the trend away from trendy. "Brown singlehandedly is responsible for the election of at least two of the most boring politicians the country has ever seen -- Deukmejian and Wilson. Jerry made boring beautiful...
...does a President stay up while going down? "This low-key, no-pressure, no-sweat President has engendered more response than Ronald Reagan," says political analyst Horace Busby, once an aide to Lyndon Johnson. "The American people have much less need for Washington than Washington wants to believe...
...Congressional Budget Office (CBO) willrelease an estimate of the cost of the programthis Friday, a CBO analyst said this week...
...spread over two dozen magazines, but also Warner's Mad magazine, Superman comics and such recording artists as Madonna and U2. The businesses are thus related, but largely complementary. "This is the first merger in a long time that makes a lot of sense," said Edward Atorino, a media analyst at the Smith Barney investment firm...