Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Canadian government claims that diplomatic immunity exempts the Gotliebs from testifying. Contending that Canada waived that privilege when officials answered written questions last year, Seymour accused the government of "duplicitous behavior." Canadian External Affairs Secretary Joe Clark called Seymour's argument "irresponsible." The skirmish has quieted down temporarily: the judge presiding over Deaver's trial decided to postpone proceedings until the fall...
Baker was disappointed in those efforts, largely because he commanded as little control over the behavior of U.S. allies as he wielded over the congressional budget process. As criticism of Baker mounted, some wondered whether he was a victim of his early success. Said Charles Schultze, a senior fellow at Washington's Brookings Institution: "In the beginning he probably got far too much credit, and now he may be getting too much blame...
...angry, defiant man. Having endured the shallow Reagan Administration, I do not believe the nation can afford another political debacle in 1988. So I am angry that Hart would take the Democratic presidential nomination so lightly. I defy him to convince me that his behavior was not selfish and stupid...
Perhaps by now there is a consensus that Gary Hart brought himself down by his willful behavior. But at the outset of the scandal, a large part of the public was ready to blame the press for invading his privacy, and many still do. Questions about the role the press played continue to echo among journalists...
...network or local -- is to measure which kind of news it accents the most, the important or the interesting. Like every big news story, Gary Hart's downfall happily combined both. But since hypocrisy is as endemic in the press as it is in politics, the press defended its behavior by stressing the importance of the story. Importance did not require a competition to see who could get the sexiest picture of Donna Rice with Hart, which the scandal tabloid National Enquirer...