Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Secord, North and Poindexter were criminal, the policy of the Reagan administration itself should not escape condemnation. To this day, neither the president nor Vice President Bush will back off from dubbing North and Poindexter "heroes," nor will they concede that it was not Congress which had demanded ending aid to the contras, but the people through the Congress. Still they back the intentions of their men, pretending that it is enough to say that "mistakes were made" when talking about being faithful to fundamental precepts of democracy. With North's resignation from the marines, he has promised to subpoena...
...antiwar movement in this country during the Vietnam era was a party compared to what will happen if the Reagan administration holds out any longer," said Steve Norris, a member of Vecino, an organization that sends medical aid to Nicaragua...
...started an $600,000 endowment drive to provide it with more secure funding in future. Until the drive is completed, it is imperative that the University come to the aid of the ailing service organization and provide some financial assistance. Bok constantly waxes poetic about the joys of public service and has established a separate program of his own run through the President's office. Bok should further his commitment to this important part of student life and community life by supporting PBH during its time of financial troubles...
...mujahedin have also been unhappy with some of the aid getting through. Last December the U.S. shipped almost 2,000 Tennessee mules to Pakistan to carry rebel supplies across the border. However, Pakistani sources say many of the animals have not adjusted to their new climate. Some have died, others have developed conjunctivitis, and many are just too wobbly to work...
Meanwhile, in Washington the House voted 216 to 208 to kill $30.5 million in humanitarian assistance for the contras. The package, designed by Democratic House Speaker Jim Wright to replace a military aid request that he had helped defeat last month, was voted down by a strange-bedfellows' alliance of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans. Ronald Reagan, who opposed the Wright proposal as too weak, indicated that he will continue to press for military help...