Word: blusterers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mere four days, the committee voted to reduce planned expenditures in fiscal 1982, which starts Oct. 1, by $36.4 billion-actually $2.3 billion more than Reagan asked.* Combining bluster and blarney, Chairman Pete Domenici of New Mexico easily held his eleven fellow Republicans together against all attempts by the ten Democrats to narrow reductions in social programs. Frustrated and divided, the Democrats in the end joined in a unanimous vote for the full package. "We are wreaking unbelievable havoc on the lives of millions of poor Americans," mourned Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum -just before he meekly murmured...
...Watt represents Reaganism in all its extremes: the single-mindedness, the bluster, the aching for a glorious past. His whole aggressive demeanor, his background as head of the Mountain States Legal Foundation, which thwarted environmental regulations, have convinced some environmentalists that his ultimate goal is to snatch the national treasures from the people and turn them over to powerful industrial interests. Since more than a few conservation activists are every bit as determined and self-righteous as Watt, that could prove a dangerous mission...
...Soviet bluster has probably not improved its position in Iran. Soviet-Iranian relations soured considerably after the invasion of Afghanistan. A Soviet diplomat was expelled from Tehran in June for spying, and a group of Afghan exiles last month stormed the Soviet embassy and smashed some furniture. The Soviets formally complained to Iran about this "criminal violation of the norm in relations between the states" and warned ominously that if Tehran cannot protect the embassy, "the Soviet Union will undertake the task." Last week the Iranian foreign ministry finally agreed to pay for the damage, but it accused Moscow...
...government commission to study the economic impact of ending Saturday labor. Government Spokesman Jozef Barecki, meanwhile, suggested the government might take up some of Solidarity's current demands-though he insisted authorities would not bow to an "ultimatum" from the workers. In spite of the week's bluster and turbulence, therefore, there still appeared to be some small chance for compromise-a chance neither side could afford to lose. The alternative was a mounting spiral of confrontation that could ultimately tempt the Soviets, who have 55 divisions still poised within striking distance of Poland, to impose their...
...author is fond of spelling power with a capital P. Yet for all her bluster, she has produced only a lower-case history...