Word: 1980s
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...lapses in the FBI crime lab have triggered a staff shake-up. On Jan. 20 the Justice Department gave FBI officials a preliminary report that found errors, sloppiness and poor management in the agency's crime lab. The investigation had its origins in charges made since the mid-1980s by Frederic Whitehurst, a senior chemist. The report is still secret, but Justice and FBI officials say that while it found nothing illegal, it did identify some serious lapses. FBI Director Louis Freeh has already launched reforms. Meanwhile, the agency announced that three bomb investigators have been removed from their positions...
...taken a completely rejectionist stance regarding the Oslo Accords, the formal treaty governing what is otherwise known as the "peace process." Indeed, Israel has learned through experience the price of an insecure Lebanese border. The Palestine Liberation Organization had a ministate in Lebanon in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This situation led to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 in an attempt to protect the Galilee region of Israel from terrorist attacks. While Hizbullah and other Lebanese militias are in no way capable of destroying Israel, they nevertheless present a security threat to Israel proper that cannot...
...sadly, Red Auerbach, the man who built the great Celtic dynasties of the 1960s and 1980s, is largely responsible for the franchise's collapse...
...course, the Celtics' agonizing degeneration is all the more painful in light of the recent successes of the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston's storied rival of the 1960s and 1980s...
These funds, which were established by Simpson's financial adviser, Leroy ("Skip") Taft, back in the early 1980s, cannot be touched by outsiders even if Simpson files for bankruptcy. Yet they can easily be turned into cash for Simpson's own use prior to retirement. He can borrow from his retirement funds, and has already done so on several occasions. Simpson can use these funds to buy real estate, something he has done repeatedly in the past. And the pensions begin to pay off their untouchable annuities five years from now, when Simpson turns...