Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aftermath of the disclosure, the chronology North produced was full of inaccuracies, leading the commission to suggest that he "actively sought to conceal important information...
...days leading up to the Tower report's release, the White House braced the public for a damaging series of shocks, art-fully cultivating an anti-climax. In the aftermath of the Tower Commission, the White House has acted decisively to exploit the moment. Donald Reagan was a deserving scapegoat fatted on months of scorn and derision, all of which he now takes with him, away from the White House. His replacement, former Senate Majority Leader Baker, fills the void with credibility, goodwill, and a strong excuse for everyone to let bygones be bygones...
Just how far does the Government plan to go in its roundup of insider traders? The distance, apparently. Until now, jittery Wall Streeters could take comfort that the targets would be largely the most flagrant, Ivan Boesky- like abusers. But that reassuring notion rapidly evaporated in the aftermath of the Government's arrest this month of three high-ranking Wall Street officials, two of whom had allegedly made insider-trading profits only for their firms, not for personal gain. The cases suggested that prosecutors plan to go after not just greedy mavericks but overzealous employees and the companies for whom...
...Gorbachev's campaign for glasnost, or openness. Still, Western journalists have long been barred from Alma-Ata -- until last week. Flying to the city with eleven other reporters, TIME Moscow Bureau Chief James O. Jackson pieced together a firsthand account of the violence in Alma-Ata and its ambiguous aftermath. His report...
...damage to America's image as a nation that stands up to terrorism has already been done. "It's going to be hard to make this stick after the Iran thing," conceded a senior U.S. diplomat. Indeed, the disappearance of Waite may have provided evidence of that. In the aftermath of the scandal over secret U.S. arms sales % in exchange for hostages, the temptation to seize and hold the Anglican envoy as a bargaining chip may have been too great for terrorists to resist...