Word: account
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jihad in America" is a meticulously substantiated account of Islamic fundamentalist activity in the United States. And, anyone who came to Emerson's presentation with an open mind was confronted with a level-headed, informative and compelling exposition of the very real threat that Islamic militants pose to America and the world. Unfortunately, Emerson was met with a reactionary smear campaign organized by official representatives of this campus's Muslim community...
...comparison of these two teams, however has to take into account the teams that Princeton has played thus far this year...
...writing in regards to your Oct. 19 staff editorial on the new group rivaling the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance (BGTLSA). The Crimosn takes a ridiculous view of censorship, asserting that censorship is, of course, wrong, but the appropriateness of the message should be taken into account when putting up posters. That is just stupid, and the dissenters did a good job pointing out the flaw in the editorial's argument...
...Hatfield might have become John McCain's new best friend. Hatfield, a former Texan, recently penned an unauthorized biography of George W. Bush that said W. was once arrested for cocaine possession and subsequently cleared by one of daddy's judicial pals. Both Georges vigorously denied the account, but that didn't keep Hatfield's publishers at St. Martin's Press from churning out 90,000 advance copies of "Fortunate Son." Now, in a twist that jibes nicely with George W.'s seamless good luck, Texas law enforcement officials have decided that J. H. Hatfield is in fact James Hatfield...
...allow the general media to pounce on the more sordid aspects of "Fortunate Son." The New York Times, for example, admitted to receiving an advance copy of the book but decided against printing the cocaine story because they "spent several days looking for evidence that might corroborate Hatfield's account." They came up short, and dropped the story ? until now. Will the public dismemberment of Hatfield's credibility do anything to reinforce a hands-off attitude among the national media when it comes to dubious claims about public figures? "It should, but it probably won't," says TIME Washington correspondent...