Word: aspects
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Secrecy has long been the most controversial aspect of the proceedings. Grand juries have always met behind closed doors to protect the reputations of the accused and to shield jurors and witnesses from possible retaliation. "There's one woman who was a witness in the Goetz case who was scared to death," District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says. "If her name was disclosed, she wouldn't have testified." But critics say the secret presentation of evidence allows the prosecutor to use the grand jury as a political pawn. "The opportunity for abuse is too great and the opportunity for scrutiny...
...disturbing aspect of the slump was that it was caused in part by problem loans to two of the bank's directors. Federal regulators have launched a probe to see whether the loans, which carried below-market interest rates, were illegal. The episode marks a fall from grace for an industry hero, Texas Commerce Chairman Ben F. Love, who had a longstanding reputation for cautious lending. Investors regard Love's stumble as a bad sign for Texas banks in general. Says Robert Walters, an analyst at Austin's Sheshunoff investment firm: "The problem loans are startling. It is more than...
...overlooked aspect of the Vietnam years was that the Johns Administration's refusal to raise taxes in order to finance its war effort ultimately triggered years of inflation and economic havoc. Should the current Administration's thriftless policies lead to economic crisis public opinion will surely turn against arms programs and Congressman will regret having shot their expensive wad on a marginally effective bunch of missiles at the expense of some future sound and necessary system. If there is a lesson to be learned from Vietnam, it is that when government take the right stand in the wrong place they...
...importance of history is increasing as a rudder in the four dimensional voyage of humanity. The Harvard Black students and faculty who organized the Black Alumni Weekend appear also to have grasped this important perception. One of the hardest tasks of today's education, and indeed in any aspect of life today, may be to place the welther of current human actions, Information, moods and crises into the perspective of time, the historical perspective...
Alongside the government bureaucracy is the separate and parallel structure of the Communist Party, with its 17.5 million members organized to penetrate and supervise every aspect of national life. At the top of this pyramid are the Central Committee and the ruling Politburo, now headed by Gorbachev. Starting with the Central Committee secretaries who oversee the functions of the government ministries, the party structure mirrors the framework of the bureaucracy in every respect, reaching down to people's control committees, with some 10 million inspectors, who check on local management. In fact, the party apparatus extends even further...