Word: action
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While Crier is articulate, she gave the opening installments more than her share of bumpy moments, including one glaring error. Reading a story about alleged CIA action against foreign governments, she indicated that socialist Salvador Allende Gossens had ruled Chile "from 1963 to 1973." As any news junkie would be likely to remember, Allende came to power in 1970, amid criticism from President Richard Nixon. Co-anchor Shaw so far sounds muted in his enthusiasm. Says he: "What she's been doing has been very adequate...
...comes to coups that may lead to assassination." In fact, the CIA has procedures for high-level review of operations that could violate the ban. And yet a clear distinction between coups and assassinations is not always possible. The ban was not originally meant to restrict covert political-action operations at all, recalls Helms. "A coup d'etat seems to be confused by some people with an immaculate conception," he says. "Coups involve violence, blood and killing, and they often go in unpredictable directions." That is precisely why the risk of assassination and U.S. national interest must be weighed...
...appointment is unique for another reason. Mas-Colell, a Spanish national with permanent resident status in the U.S., is considered a minority by the federal government's affirmative action criteria. There are no other minorities with the rank of associate dean or higher...
...Colell, who was a member of the faculty committee which drafted a new affirmative action plan for FAS last year, says he was introduced to the debate for the first time during those deliberations...
...Colell notes that affirmative action regulations regard native Spaniards as Hispanic, but not Brazilians...