Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran-Contra affair began with a sense that the fundamental precepts of the Constitution were under attack. The government appeared to be run out of the basement of the White House, covertly and with no acountability to anyone. American history dictates that such a major betrayal of public trust would be corrected--like the Watergate impeachment proceedings. After at this is a government by, for, and of the people...
Harvard's policy toward minorities also came under attack this spring, as students in both the College and the Law School mobilized to protest the dearth of minority faculty. Students and professors agreed that minority faculty members are overburdened because they are so few in number...
Pennoyer sees Harvard's offense moving to the forefront of the program in years to come. Freshman Mickey Cavouti and sophomore David Kramer will lead the offensive attack into the 1990s. Even without the Triple Towers, the defense, too, should remain solid, Pennoyer says. He'll be there on the sidelines to make sure...
Dukakis' most obvious strategic opening is to attack the Reagan Administration for its most obvious failings, including Iranscam and the Noriega fiasco. So far he has done that without appearing negative by assaulting Bush personally. A more difficult challenge for Dukakis will be to flesh out his vague stump speeches with more specifics. This means converting his pleasant-sounding concepts -- such as a "real war on drugs" and "comprehensive day care" -- to realistic programs complete with price tags. He also owes voters a credible explanation of how he will curb the federal deficit. If his follow-up sounds as expensive...
Until he died four months ago at 62 of a heart attack, Werner Nachmann was the most powerful figure in West Germany's close-knit, 30,000-member Jewish community. As chairman of the Central Council of Jews for 22 years, he played a key role in German-Jewish reconciliation. At a funeral ceremony, Chancellor Helmut Kohl eulogized Nachmann as a "moral authority" who had "made his mark on the history of our republic...