But "Reaching for Glory" nonetheless provides a compelling picture of the day-to-day workings of Johnson's presidency, in particular his agonized decision making over Vietnam.
Mr. Werner, co-managing partner of the Boston Red Sox, supported the team's agonized decision this summer to trade Mr. Ramirez, the team's gifted but hard-to-manage left fielder.
His agonized decision-making captivated political activists for weeks, generating a fever of speculation about whether Vice President Joe Biden would enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination — a move that could have created a formidable obstacle to the front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
For so many, as a result, the week was lost to feelings of dejection and impotence, agonized decisions and uncomfortable strategizing.
ON THE PLATES Practically everything: ordering took 10 minutes of agonized decision-making.
More often, though, Clinton seemed determined to confirm his reputation as an agonized, late-night decision maker, a leader heavily influenced by the last guy to leave the room.
After an agonized hesitation at the crux of the decision, she surprises Homer at the plant and kisses him warmly.
Very little screen time is devoted to that judicial battle, but its brisk decisiveness makes for an agonized contrast with the state of things today.
After an agonized pause, West played low.
This city waited in an agonized calm.
