Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...millions of dollars. But since the inquiry was made public by The Wall Street Journal and other media heavy-weights in August, a lot of documents, press releases, legalistic arguments and philosophical points have been bandied about. The massive and unprecedented Justice Department review will likely take months to clear the confusion...
FIRST, consider the facts. Media reports and university officers willing to comment have made the following clear...
...threatening problems to which the Justice Department should apply itself. But in the days when endowments like Harvard's rank alongside the holdings of America's largest corporations, and when education like politics and journalism faces questions of conflicts of interest, it is vital to find if there a clear line dividing "institutions of higher education" from "ordinary" corporations...
...details of the botched coup emerge, it seems clear that the rebel force had potential that Washington underestimated. Noriega's subsequent roundup of plotters showed that the effort reached deep into the dictator's circle. Among the 37 arrested were three of the general's closest and most trusted associates: Colonel Guillermo Wong, head of military intelligence, Colonel Julio Ow Young, who oversees personnel for the dreaded Doberman militias that have repeatedly been turned on opposition rallies, and Lieut. Colonel Armando Palacios Gondola, head of an organization that supervised joint military operations with U.S. troops...
Moreover, the steady U.S. pressure is having its effect. So is Noriega's behavior. Leaders throughout the hemisphere have made clear their disdain for the Panamanian regime. Following the sham elections in May, many countries withdrew their ambassadors from Panama, and they have yet to send them back. "Noriega is dividing the Latin community over what to do about him, but everyone is upset with the situation," says a Latin leader. "Even the Cubans don't want him there...