Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arias was a summer school student at Harvard while Kennedy was president, and by his own account, he took Kennedy as his guide after meeting the presidential candidate on Cape...
Once tourists arrive in the U.S. -- and have made their way through what by their standards are cumbersome immigration and customs formalities -- they find that the red carpet is unrolled. Especially eager to please are American merchants. At New York City's Bloomingdale's department store, where foreigners account for 20% of annual sales, managers stage private breakfasts for select groups of tourists, who can feast on eggs Benedict while watching a fashion show or cosmetics demonstration. Escorts are also available to lead shoppers through the store, helping them with size conversions and translations. Some of the restaurant staff...
...Soviet Union the natural order is motherhood -- and that is nothing less than a patriotic duty. World War II left an estimated 20 million Soviets dead, the overwhelming majority of them men between the ages of 18 and 40. As a result, women account for 53% of the population. In some parts of the country, they complain that they outnumber men by as much as 6 to 1. The imbalance helped give rise in 1944 to Operation Birthrate, under which women who had seven children were awarded the Glory of Motherhood medal. Bearing ten or more children earned the title...
...March, Delvalle, working through private U.S. lawyers, managed to tie up $70 million in Panamanian funds in U.S. banks, paralyzing the local banking system. The U.S. then imposed limited economic sanctions, including the payment of Panama Canal fees into an escrow account inaccessible to Noriega and cancellation of trade preferences. This still did not faze Noriega, although it led to severe damage to Panama's economy. Noriega portrayed himself as a victim of yanqui imperialism, and 22 other Latin American nations, including Mexico and Venezuela, issued a statement of support...
...refusal of both sides to acknowledge the pleasure of getting high, a pleasure most participants in the debate probably have experienced themselves without damaging effect. That in itself is no reason to legalize marijuana, let alone more serious drugs. But sensible policy cannot be made without taking it into account...