Word: burford
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not have to be a sociologist or a psychologist to realize that men have made a shambles of this world. So why not give the ladies a chance, despite Anne Burford and Indira Gandhi...
...backpedaling, another official was also making readjustments for the Administration. Speaking at a breakfast meeting with reporters, William Ruckelshaus, appointed four months ago to head the scandal-rocked Environmental Protection Agency, admitted that former agency officials had "confused ends and means" in setting environmental policy. Without naming Predecessor Anne Burford, Ruckelshaus said that the previous regime had misunderstood the difference between economic and social regulation. The Government's decision to drop its controls of the trucking and airline industries had wide support, he said, "but the situation is much different when you're talking about health and safety...
...Washington. In contrast to Jill, Bill has been a quiet team player, moving to rehabilitate the EPA's reputation and employee morale, which were damaged by a spate of congressional investigations into political favoritism, conflict of interest and mismanagement of the toxic-waste program under former Chief Anne Burford...
...would be quite easy, in weaving together a 12-month retrospective, to produce a mocking portrait of the sitting Administration. Its personnel problems have rivaled those of the Harding presidency, as successive agencies have been marked by incompetence or scandal. James Watt, Anne Burford and Kenneth Adelman have come to symbolize the abuse of power and the perversion of goals by those charged to pursue them Reagan's policy problems have also worsened. His depression-high unemployment and his record budget deficits contributed first to Republican losses in November's election, then to loyalty losses in Congress. The extent...
...Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena to testify before a House subcommittee. Meanwhile, the Justice Department was reported to be considering a grand jury investigation into allegations that Lavelle and former EPA General Counsel Robert Perry committed perjury in their testimony before Congress. Former Administrator Anne Burford, who was forced to resign in March, has been cited for contempt in connection with congressional investigations of the $1.6 billion hazardous-waste Superfund. She resisted compliance with Congress's request for EPA documents at the request of the President...