Word: bende
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...virtual solitary confinement at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill., serving life terms for the 1980 slaying of two black joggers in Salt Lake City. Earlier this year, he says, he was stabbed 15 times by six black prisoners. But last week in a federal courtroom in South Bend, Ind., Franklin smiled at jurors and flashed a V-for-victory sign. They had just found him not guilty of violating the civil rights of former National Urban League President Vernon Jordan, who was wounded by rifle shots two years ago outside a Fort Wayne, Ind., hotel...
...Administration economic policy. Said Ture of the compromise plan to boost taxes $98 billion over the next three years: "The package is damned unfortunate. It is going to be self-defeating." Roberts summed up his gloomy view of Administration policymaking: "There is no policy any more. The policymakers bend whichever way the wind is blowing that...
...commencement sampler: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.: "The U.S. has a special role to play in this dangerously disturbed and divided world, a role based on power and the responsible use of power-superpower, to be more precise, and the super responsibilities that go with it. The burden that this places upon Americans is enormous, and it is not surprising that you have known moments of self-doubt and withdrawal. The health and vitality of our system and way of life are, ultimately, in your hands...
...news of British losses at sea only seemed further to stiffen the resolve of Prime Minister Thatcher. Aides described her as being completely confident of her position, completely in command of herself. The personal traits that have made her so many political enemies?her combative nature, her refusal to bend to indecision or doubt?had singularly suited her to fulfilling the role of a wartime Prime Minister. General Galtieri may look haggard and Foreign Secretary Pym troubled, but Thatcher, close up, showed not a bit of strain. Her firm, clear voice ringing through the House of Commons, she defended...
...Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul...