Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hart's original account of the boat trip was troublesomely vague. In response to questions, Hart claimed that Broadhurst had invited "two or three friends" to join them. Their destination was Bimini, 50 miles from Miami, where Broadhurst's own boat had undergone repairs. Both Hart and Rice insisted the only reason the party stayed overnight in Bimini was that the customs office was closed. But the Miami Herald reported that Monkey Business cleared Bahamian customs on arriving, shortly before dusk. And according to Bahamian authorities, American pleasure boats are not required to clear customs upon departure. The sleeping arrangements...
Even now, after the collapse of the Hart campaign, there is still no coherent account of that Washington weekend that is not subject to bitter contradiction. Judging from the stories of Hart, Broadhurst and Rice, there were enough comings and goings from the candidate's Capitol Hill town house to satisfy a French farceur. But the Herald's initial story, rushed into print to make the late Sunday editions, contended that Hart and his date were spied entering the house alone late on Friday night and were not seen again until they emerged through the rear door on Saturday evening...
...quite sure what effect new taxes and policies have had on the composition of the student population, and what effect they will have in the future. But even though few statistics are available, many observers of higher education say that higher costs and lower amounts of financial aid account for the decline in minority enrollment over the past decade and could lead to further declines...
...phony charges are up, what would account for the rise? Douglas Besharov, a child-welfare expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, concludes that three-fourths of false accusations come from adults, not children. Laws in every state require teachers, nurses and other professionals to report any suspicion of sexual abuse, with penalties for failing to do so. Also judges are increasingly less willing to assign children automatically to mothers. The result: some wives use false accusations as a weapon of last resort...
...subjects' rights," said Pentagon Spokesman Robert Sims last week. "I know of no reason to believe that any subject was coerced or badgered in any way." Military officials seem unfazed by the retractions. A judge will listen to tapes of the statements and rule on their validity. The account by Williams, says one source, is "extremely detailed . . . far more than imagination...