Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work of PBH's other committees, summer of term-time. The Crimson's reporting on the incidents has been both irresponsible and inflammatory; if it continues it could be damaging to individual committees and PBH as a whole. The Crimson should concern itself more with ensuring its reporters follow basic journalistic rules and uphold its lagging standards. PBHA should be allowed to go about its business without harassment from "Harvard's oldest daily." Reporting news accurately is a public service; distorting it is a disservice...
Meese's account of his four-day inquiry into the Administration's arms-for- hostages deals with Iran last November added little to the bafflingly incomplete picture that he presented last fall. Smugly defending his effort, Meese proclaimed, "We were able to piece together a basic outline of what is now known as the Iran-contra story, which has been essentially validated during the extensive investigations which have occurred since...
...with some snazzy films (Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me) and a few lame ones (You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun). Eventually, the pictures were faithful only to the titles of Fleming's novels and stories; now each screenplay was an original endeavor. But the basic Bond recipe was merely stirred, not shaken: Do it over, do it bigger, 'cause nobody does it better...
While there were extraordinary revelations fromsome of the key witnesses in the nationallytelevised hearings--principally former NationalSecurity Adviser John M. Poindexter and his aide,Lt. Col. Oliver North--the basic story of thecomplicated affair remained unchanged after thehearings began...
Despite the many hovering suspicions and accusations, none of the major organizations, including the renovated PTL, are currently caught in any scandal. But TIME's examination revealed a continuing pattern. In case after case, the basic management problem that gave birth to the PTL scandal was glaringly evident in other evangelical organizations: a lack of effective accountability...