Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take undisguised pleasure in her bid, predicting that, like Jesse Jackson's, it will exacerbate the Balkanization of the Democratic Party. To the seven male Democrats battling for recognition, Schroeder could present a threat if she can pre-empt the support of a large corps of female voters, who account for 53% of the Democratic electorate. Says candidate Joe Biden, Senator from Delaware: "She can attract a lot of support...
Instead we have Ollie. Having created him, how to account for him? Pick your theory: depressed country looking for hero, underdog hounded by gray- flanneled Congressmen, commando abandoned by his White House superiors, all- American boy put upon by hippie (Nields), then big-shot N.Y. lawyer (Liman), etc. But before the great American celebrity machine, which marries Tiny Tim on the Carson show and deploys Itzhak Perlman on The Hollywood Squares, a little humility is in order. Bands of sociologists are already in deep retreat trying to explain the ineffable Vanna White. Pity them and the mavens at work...
...profits during an era in which the big institutional players would seem to have all the advantages: research, resources and speed. While individuals control nearly two-thirds of all stocks, or about $2 trillion worth, institutional investors turn over the remaining third at such a rapid pace that they account for 80% of all stock transactions. Private investors are much more likely to sit tight with chosen stocks. But the more active individuals are finding their own tools and tricks. They now cut the cost of commissions by ordering through discount brokers, follow obscure companies through a growing number...
...major leak cited by North occurred, by his account, on April 14, 1986, when two Senators went directly from a White House briefing to waiting microphones and told the nation that the President would discuss an impending U.S. attack on Libya that night. That, claimed North, gave Libya time to get its antiaircraft defenses set and led to the death of two American airmen shot down in their bomber...
...North testified that the late CIA Director William Casey wanted to use the profits from arms sales to Iran to set up a covert-operations fund that would be kept secret from Ronald Reagan. In fact, North testified only that the President was unaware of the talks about the account and that North and Casey did not discuss whether it should be hidden from...