Word: aftermath
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...command of the English language. In fact, short of outright translation, careful scrutiny of his every utterance was required to decipher precisely what the Secretary was trying to say. But one infamous remark of Haig's came across loud and clear. Seeking to reassure the American public in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Reagan two years ago, Haig stated at a nationally televised press conference. "I'm in control here...
National Security Adviser William Clark, in a speech to the Air Force Association, sought to ridicule the Soviet assertions that the Korean passenger plane was on a spy mission. "The Soviet strategy in the aftermath of the incident was, and is, gross intimidation and falsehood," he said. In fact, a commercial 747, if fitted out with special cameras and electronic equipment, would be highly conspicuous as a spy plane and certainly of no use to U.S. intelligence agencies. American satellites can take startlingly detailed photographs of any Soviet installation...
...pace of the NewsHour, vs. the breakneck momentum of the commercial networks; and the prominence given to live interviews, vs. the commercial networks' almost exclusive reliance on rigorously edited scripts and footage. For all that, the content of the four newscasts last week was similar. All stressed the aftermath of the Soviet downing of a Korean Air Lines passenger jet, as well as events in Lebanon and Central America. All ran holiday-themed stories about the politically troubled American labor union movement. There were notable differences, of course: the networks played up stories for which they had vivid pictures...
There was no summer respite for the hard-rooting Crimson fan--especially in the aftermath of the most successful year in Harvard sports history (12 Ivy titles and two national championships). After the June 9 Commencement ceremonies, the crew team snagged the national title, while several recent and current Crimson grads turned pro or trained for the Olympics. But the major news of the hottest months came not from the athletes but from the athletic bureaucracy: the first signs of a long-simmering feud emerged which could dissolve the Eastern College Athletic Conference hockey league--which Harvard plays in--after...
According to Ryan's report, the Army's use of Barbie began in the confusing aftermath of the war, as American attention shifted from defeating the fascist foe to a more subtle ideological battleground. While the CIA was in the process of being established, the Army was faced with the daunting task of assembling an effective ring of European informants to spy on Germany as well as on the Soviets and the other occupying powers. For help, the Army turned to veterans of Hitler's police and intelligence services, like Barbie, whom the CIC placed...