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Word: mishmash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more and more questions the longer the seminars ran. "A yellow-pad President," said Republican Howard Baker, an eager though undeclared candidate for the job. But he had a point that haunted many. It was estimated that Carter's notes ran to hundreds of pages. From such a mishmash of people, prejudice and points of view, how can an executive distill any rational policy in so short a time? Many thought he could not, that this was another demonstration of Carter's mistaken idea of how an executive does his job. He may overwhelm himself with too many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Man Searching for Consensus | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...Congress itself that wrote the mishmash of laws that the department tries to administer. Still, the department has added to its own woes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Horrible Conglomeration | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...like covering them in depth, support for space fell faster than Skylab. Nixon, whose obnoxiousness had interrupted the moonwalk, turned around and canned the last three Apollos. The funds for the proposed space station were cut sharply, meaning that Skylab would be built on the cheap, out of a mishmash of spare parts from the Apollo programs. NASA wanted to put the station into a higher orbit than the one ended in Australia last week, but the money wasn't there...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: How Giant A Leap | 7/20/1979 | See Source »

...from this film is that a good preacher is not necessarily a good actor. Gortner has great presence. With a good director and a little humility he might learn to act. The movie itself is pretensious and insulting to its audience. It promises a lot but delivers a confused mishmash, a midnight stoned rave on film...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: Go Home, Red Ryder | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...members still use 15 different radio bands. This means that units of one ally cannot plug into another's tactical radio network. Completely unifying the system, however, is a project that could cost billions of dollars. Logistics, especially the resupplying of units after combat begins, is "a horrible mishmash," according to an Administration strategist. While it would be possible, in time of crisis, to strengthen a German division with a Belgian battalion, this unit would continue to be supplied by the Belgians, even down to rations. As a first step toward untangling the potential mess, NATO has created...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: I Can Move Damned Fast | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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