Word: beset
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Signs of trouble are all around this year, from Bob Dole's hapless finance director, who was dropped amid reports of inside deals, right down to lowly campaign workers who are openly bending the regulations on fund limits. National politics is beset by special interests and schemers who have their own distant agendas and smell position or profits down the corridors of power. How many Bert Lances and Ed Meeses, with their singular financial styles, are circulating now, eager to wield federal authority next year? What often goes on in the political trenches is not acceptable in the calmer climates...
...violence continues, Israeli soldiers are growing hostile and frustrated. Beset by fatigue, rain and midwinter cold, many say they are fed up with their mission in the territories. "It's a horrible routine," complained one young conscript as he plodded through the daily ritual of forcing striking merchants to open their shops. Slamming up the shutters and using crowbars to crack flimsy padlocks, the soldiers move wearily down the main street of Ramallah every morning through a silent crowd of grinning Arabs. As soon as the unit passes, the shops are quickly shuttered again. The process goes...
...Reagan Administration, which has been beset by charges of corruption, finally got some good news from the courts last week. In a 2-to-1 decision, the Washington, D.C., appeals court declared unconstitutional the method used to appoint independent counsel and the limits placed on the President's power to remove them at will. The decision puts a large question mark over the conviction last month of former White House Aide Michael Deaver...
...many cities, however, the choice may be between one dreadful school or another that is mediocre, barely supported by penurious budgets, neglected by parents and politicians, beset by gang rumbles, drug trafficking and other social ills. Says Allan Weinberg, assistant director for reading and English- language arts in Philadelphia: "Schools reflect society. You must always remember that." And American society has left these schools, and the students in them, to struggle on their...
...Beset by crises, U. S. orchestras and opera companies face a major challenge: how to keep their art fresh, vital and alive...