Sentence examples for effective presidency from inspiring English sources

Years later this advocacy culminated in his highly effective presidency of American PEN.

must respect the confidentiality needed for an effective presidency," Mr. Addington said, reiterating the administration's position.

But by straying from the center, with his appointments of Mr. Ashcroft and Ms. Norton, Mr. Bush risks squandering the potential for an effective presidency.

And when all the huffing and puffing is out of the way, when we take stock at the end of the year and look at how much has changed in a mere few hundred days, we will, I believe, see an effective presidency unfolding and a revitalized social compact being crafted.

By itself, the passage of health care would have been a symbol of an effective presidency, and it might have helped Democrats gain the momentum and unity to do the 'other hard things,' all the things that have been postponed by expediency and bought-and-paid-for politicians unwilling to oppose big business to do anything difficult.

More common than civil war, and yet quietly devastating, due to its atrophy of the state, sycophancy and corruption, is the effective presidency-for-life.

Edward Penson, former president of Salem State College and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, says that effective presidents understand that "the president is not the presidency and the presidency is not the president".

"Bush is probably not as prepared for the presidency as Gore, Mr. Reynoldssaidid, "but I think he could be an effective president.

"I do believe, genuinely, that I can be even more effective for this presidency in the Senate," Mr. Gregg said.

Especially irksome are a series of voice-overs that convey the chronology: a news snippet announcing Bloody Sunday, Richard M. Nixon saying he "shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow".

But as President, I must put the interest of America first... "Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow... "By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America.