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Record 1 1995-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Of one who is enthusiastically effective.

DEF

Eager to get things done; diligent and enthusiastic.

CONT

A can-do doctor confronts the agonies of the war against AIDS.

CONT

She [Liz Carpenter] applied the same forthright approach to selling a first family. Nothing was too good for the client. LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] obviously thought of her as a "can-do" lady in the jargon of that administration, and once told a friend: "Liz would charge hell with a bucket of water."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Qui manifeste une grande vitalité, de la décision et de l'entrain.

CONT

Une personne dynamique.

Spanish

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