Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...making tough political decisions like cutting the budget. They also argued that because pre-primary polls showed Carter with huge leads in Connecticut and New York, many voters figured that they could afford to cast protest votes against him. Said Presidential Pollster Patrick Caddell: "I don't know any politician in America who could run against himself...
...know whether Moscow is pursuing this goal in the hope of gaining whatever is lost by the U.S. If it does, it is tragically mistaken. No matter what the cost, we will never enter into such games...
Boeing's Lionel Alford, president of the company's military plane division: "Boeing hasn't really built a military plane since the B-52, but we damn well still know how. We're going after that CX, just watch us. We'll come down the gulch thundering...
...caught fire during loading at Britain's Gatwick Airport outside London and had to be replaced before the plane could fly. Boeing sent in a "recovery crew" from Seattle, which took on the job like a team of open-heart surgeons. Not only did each man know exactly what he had to do, but the team's tools, right down to the smallest wrench, were arranged with such precision that no time was lost in looking for or using them...
Wilson sets the company standards for first-class engineering. He has surrounded himself with top aeronautical specialists, who had better know their stuff when they make presentations to top management. Wilson grows downright testy at numbers that do not add up or equations that are faulty. The dictum around headquarters: "Wilson doesn't want history. Give it to him on an 8-in. by 10-in. piece of paper and be sure your numbers are right...