Word: animus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...able to destroy private reputations at will." Describing Scalia as "the worst enemy of free speech in America today," New York Times Columnist William Safire implied that he seemed to be running for the Supreme Court by writing press-bashing opinions, though Safire noted that at least Scalia's animus against the press was sincere...
...court rejected the tape as inconclusive. The justices also dismissed the testimony of Rebecca Quijano, a passenger on the plane who said that she had seen a soldier in a military police uniform shoot Aquino. Quijano's disclosures, the opinion said, were marred by "emotional instability" and a "personal animus toward the military." The court had earlier rejected the main evidence against Ver, which consisted principally of contradictory statements about intelligence gathering that the general had made when he voluntarily appeared before the civilian board. Ver's testimony before that panel was ruled inadmissible by the court, a decision that...
...asked another student, "should I accept someone like you, who gives legitimacy to . . . the P.L.O. that wants to kill me?" Remarkably, the debate contained no animus. When class ended, the students agreed that they had learned things they did not know before and that the session had helped Arab and Jew to know each other better...
Even the author, now that he has disgorged all the animus, entertains second thoughts. "Maybe I shouldn't have written a couple of those things," Iacocca concedes. Yet another time, he could not contain his old angers as he defended his view that people are divided into two camps--"nice guys" and jerks (his own term is far earthier). "I know, I know," he said to the suggestion that life is not that simple. "But if a guy is over 25% jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95%." Finally, many Ford executives bristle at Iacocca's implication...
...mistrust among Democrats is not as severe as during 1968 and 1972, when Viet Nam was the viciously divisive issue within the party. But a continued fight this summer could make the animus between Hart and Mondale as corrosive as that between Kennedy and Carter in 1980. Advisers in both camps still say that a reconciliation at the convention is likely, although a Mondale-Hart ticket (which could make sense for both men) remains problematic. Since there are no great ideological divisions between them, whether they achieve solidarity will depend on how well they can temper their personal rivalry...