Word: winnow
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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Harvard has more than 500 pages of plans forthe various faculties. It now must winnow thoseplans into a "case" for a capital campaign...
More important than who gets what job is how Clinton conceives of his government operationally, whether he is able to winnow his varied and often contradictory promises to a few significant proposals capable of passing a Congress that will have its own agenda, and whether he is astute enough to understand that process and policy are inseparable. Clinton's first task, says the Progressive Policy Institute's Elaine Kamarck, must be "the definition of his mandate, something he needs to do early and often. If he doesn't do it, it will be done for him by the media, which...
...hopes to make an appointment in time for aJuly 1 start-up," Roberts said. "And I know hewill want to move promptly to winnow this list...
Primaries used to winnow out the weaker candidates. But this year some Democrats hope their candidates can "winnow in," that is, earn respect by hanging around. Our advice: Call Ann Landers...