Word: directionless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with his brother Happy (John Ducey). But Javerbaum is most convincing when it counts, and scenes between Willy and Biff convey all the stifling agony of their relationship. Javerbaum is also especially skillful in handling Biff's striking shift from a hopeful high school football hero to a disillusioned, directionless 34-year-old who feels cheated by his father's hypocritical expectations...
...recent water policy paper from the Kennedy School of Government has highlighted the essence of the problem. Our efforts have been stalled under a fragmented and directionless Reagan administration while our water difficulties have grown. The paper was researched and mainly written prior to this summer's devastating drought. However, the dry spell makes the report's message--the need for strong leadership in federal water policy--all the more timely...
...this point. The U.S. has far less leverage over the general than it did over Ferdinand Marcos, since Panama receives significantly less U.S. aid and its service-based economy is in relatively healthy condition, although some nervous bankers have recently withdrawn funds. Panama's opposition is largely fragmented and directionless, unlike its counterpart in South Korea...
...Administration first presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee in March. At which time, pre-Stark, congressional leaders showed little interest in the issue. Post-Stark, they discovered that the Persian Gulf is a dangerous place and went into a frenzy of directionless activity. Except for Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He knows where he is headed. He introduced a bill (S1327) that prohibits the Administration from reflagging Kuwaiti vessels but urges a "United Nations peacekeeping force to protect nonbelligerent shipping in the Persian Gulf and to seek an early...
...realized that not having a direction is not a bad thing. Being directionless doesn't mean you'll end up on skid row," says Rebecca J. Carpenter '86-'87, who took a year off to study, travel, and work. When Carpenter returned from travels in Germany, she "felt like [she] was ready to take advantage of the Harvard experience...