Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...exactly a halcyon time for Cabinet making, as the Soviet shadow grew longer over Poland and the U.S. economy once again lurched out of control. But Washington can be a parochial town where people and power are concerned, and week after week the anticipation had been building. Résumés flowed into the drab transition headquarters. FBI agents conducted background checks. There was feverish speculation in the corridors of the bureaucracy, as well as in the daily accounts of newspapers and TV news broadcasts. But when the moment came for Ronald Reagan to announce his first eight selections...
Casey ran for Congress from Long Island in 1966, but he lost in the primary. He ended up in Washington anyway, in 1969, when Richard Nixon appointed him to the advisory council of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. In 1971 Casey became chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. During his 21-month tenure, Casey won high marks for simplifying the regulations on issuing and trading stocks; at the same time, he developed a reputation for being a blunt-talking, decisive manager. Friends recall that when Casey arrived in Washington with his wife Sophia and daughter Bernadette, he offered...
Firefighters, who arrived on the scene approximately five minutes later, said yesterday they had to remove two basement doors to gain access to the blaze, but after doing so brought the flames under control in a matter of minutes...
...Republicans. "Republicans today are better able to formulate policy that will represent the nation," Rep. John Hiller (R-Ind.) said. He added that if President-elect Reagan has "any luck at all" in economic policies and if the Republicans gain strength in the House, "Republicans could be in control for the next ten, 15 to 20 years...
...best way (and the only way) for Harvard to stop leading scorers Kelly Odell, Liz Betts, and Syrena Carlbom will be to control the puck. If the Crimson can pull that off, there will be a sated squad in Cambridge and a busload of leftovers returning to New Jersey...