11. Salinas declared that his principal mission was to fix the economy and that cleaning up the political system could and should be put off to another day. 12. Substance, indeed, was a way for Clinton to deflect questions about his personal conduct and assure voters that he knew how to fix the economy. 13. They have portrayed themselves as no-nonsense businessmen who could fix the economy. 14. When Kuchma was elected last July, U.S. officials warned him that unless he took drastic and painful steps to fix his economy, Ukraine risked disintegration. 15. A renewed lending would be a major fillip for President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who came to power last month promising to fix the economy. 16. But Obuchi has surprised many with his tireless dedication to fixing the economy. 17. But other economists said the package would eventually help the country to fix its economy. 18. But the liberal Yabloko group and the hardline Popular Power faction called for a no-confidence motion to protest what they termed government failure to fix the economy. 19. Clinton said he and Gore set out to fix the economy. 20. Disputes over how to fix an economy were most dramatic in Indonesia, where the street unrest and political upheaval sidelined IMF recipes. |