Word: setting
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Changes that Gorbachev has proposed would replace the general secretary--his present party title--with a party chair and first secretary. The chair, assisted by a deputy chair, would set overall party direction while the secretary would manage the party's daily affairs...
...main lesson of these schools' experience is that self-governance works best when the principal helps form and carry out group decisions rather than imposes them from above. It is also essential to set clear goals. "You need to think about school-based management; you cannot rush in," says Dorothy Mazine, a middle-school teacher in Miami Springs, Fla. "The biggest pitfalls are time, communication and resistance to change...
What distinguishes a champion in any sport is an unquenchable drive to meet goals set from within. For Lendl, the goal at Wimbledon seems not to be victory so much as Zen-like peace of mind about doing his best: "I did not want to look back and wonder, 'If I tried this or that . . .' " After years of his being an unpopular hero, that dogged determination is at last winning him fans -- and memories may follow...
...Newport Beach. Former policeman Winnie Farlowe pilots a ferry and works at his favorite hobby, drinking. One day he slams his boat into a yacht. The accident introduces him to a much divorced lady with money, looks and a conniving mind. Before Winnie's head clears, he is being set up for a scam that involves betrayal and homicide. In The Blue Knight and The Choirboys, Wambaugh demonstrated a Panasonic ear for cop patois. In his latest work, the tension sometimes sags, but the dialogue lingers in the ear: "An unsolved murder is like . . . an insult to me personally...
...implement the plan, Bush set out immediately after his racially charged election campaign to court blacks, ignored for eight years by Ronald Reagan. He invited black leaders, businessmen and preachers, including Jesse Jackson, to the White House. He visited black neighborhoods, churches and colleges, which he has supported for decades. And if Bush has not named a lot of blacks to Government posts, those blacks he has selected have been appointed to prominent jobs. The best example: General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The strategy is working: 56% of blacks say they approve of Bush...