Word: maneuverable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Was it the long-awaited end to three years of tight money and high interest rates, or was it a risky short-term maneuver by the Federal Reserve Board to bolster the alarmingly depressed U.S. economy? Would interest rates continue falling or would they soon begin inching up again? Those...
Brandt hoped that the Hesse results would deter the Free Democrats from joining forces with Kohl. Two days after the election, however, the 54 Free Democrat members of the Bundestag decided by a vote of 34 to 18 to go ahead with the no-confidence maneuver.
"Uh, sir..." he says, sending a swift shot to the rake's midriff and pulling his coat down from his shoulders, thus locking the charlatan's hands in his pockets. Instead of disarming the sap as Bogart does at a moment just like this in The Maltese Falcon, Henry sends...
For Werner Stoy, who chartered a helicopter to photograph Fort DeRussy, on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, the problem was not trees but dense commercial high-rise developments surrounding the land, which made it difficult for his pilot to maneuver. David Falconer was luckier. He expected visibility problems when he rented...
Is this trust in the Armed Services Committees, of both houses justified? Probably not. The leading advocates for change, the "Congressional military reform group" motivated by Senator Hart of Colorado, feels that defense priorities must be brought into line with what history tells is important in winning and therefore deterring...