The New Deal legislation, civil rights and voting rights laws, and the enactment of Medicare were accomplished because Roosevelt and Johnson understood the nature of presidential power and used it decisively.
The magnetron helped Britain to track and sink German submarines in the Atlantic; and the Americans used it decisively against the Japanese fleet.Back home in Australia after his wartime adventures, Mark Oliphant turned his mind to creating a scientific elite in a country more famous for its fine wool and champion cricketers.
That, in brief, is the argument for using force decisively.
Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, whose country was accused of being soft on Serbs during the Bosnian war, has told the American and Russian presidents that "we must be prepared to use force decisively" at an early stage.
The people of Ohio used their citizen veto decisively to repeal legislation that would have stripped police officers, teachers, firefighters and other public workers of their right to bargain collectively.
By the start of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, the air battle for South Korea had been won by the UN, and it used its air superiority decisively to its advantage during that battle.
"Governments must act decisively, using all the tools at their disposal to turn confidence around and boost growth and jobs, in the United States, in Europe and elsewhere".
Cotton sails became popular in Europe after the U.S. racing yacht America, using cotton sails, decisively defeated a fleet of British yachts in 1851.
Lack of Experience Even some supporters say that Mr. Kan could have moved faster and more decisively if he had used Japan's existing crisis management system.
The Republicans would have used the term to beat him decisively.
