Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remained out of sight for most of the week, did not emerge unscathed from the sorry election exercise. Panamanian voters dealt him a stinging rebuke in rejecting, by more than 2 to 1, the presidential candidacy of Carlos Duque, the general's longtime friend and business manager. So clear was the electorate's embrace of the opposition, a coalition known as the Democratic Alliance of Civil Opposition and led by lawyer Guillermo Endara, that authorities felt obliged to declare the election null and void. That decision was widely interpreted as an admission by Noriega that given such a lopsided vote...
...environmentalist," proclaimed President Bush during his campaign for the White House. Citing his love of the great outdoors and the pleasure he takes in hunting and fishing, the candidate made it clear that protecting the environment and wildlife from the ravages of pollution would be one of his top priorities. That stance raised great expectations among environmentalists, who had been suffering for eight years while President Reagan's neglect of conservation issues allowed many problems, from acid rain to toxic waste, to fester dangerously. But just four months into the Bush Administration, impatient nature lovers have begun to doubt...
...only five full-time drug-treatment programs that accept pregnant women, and waiting lists are up to six months long. Some doctors are concerned that by threatening to prosecute pregnant drug users, officials will end up driving away even those women who could be assisted. "This sends a clear message to the women most in need of prenatal health, that it is dangerous for them to get help," says Dr. Ira Chasnoff, president of the National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education. "It's a punitive approach that is being taken out of frustration by the legal and medical...
INTERVIEW: A clear, passionate and poetic voice...
...open this week in Moscow, again displays wit and charm. But here he provides a much more intriguing narrative -- full of time shifts, inner thoughts revealed, imaginary moments, even a flash-forward in which the now dead grandmother describes her search for "life after eternity." This complex material stays clear, thanks to adept direction by Lynne Meadow and remarkable performances by Jennie Moreau as the girl, Eileen Heckart as her tart-tongued grandmother and especially Joanna Gleason as the woman in between, the focal point of family guilt. Eleemosynary, which has ripened in regional productions, is Blessing's finest work...