Word: comments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chose an independent counsel to look into all aspects of the arms-contras affair. He is Lawrence Walsh, 74, a former prosecutor, judge and president of the American Bar Association who was also an American negotiator in the Viet Nam peace talks. Walsh said only, "I absolutely can't comment on anything...
...country's English-language newspapers were stunned by the severity of the new regulations. Declared the financial newspaper Business Day: "Government today unceremoniously dumps this country into the totalitarian camp." An editorial in the Pretoria News began with the comment, "Well, that's it," and concluded, "This is a desperate action by desperate people who demonstrate that they are unfit to govern." Said Cape Times Editor Tony Heard bluntly: "We are clearly on the road toward being a police state." Overseas, the reaction was almost uniformly critical. The U.S. denounced the South African action, as did most of its allies...
...latest regulations are designed to close those loopholes. They significantly broaden the range of news that cannot be published or broadcast at all. Proscribed is news of or comment on acts or movements of the security forces, as well as reports of "restricted gatherings" and politically inspired boycotts. Also prohibited are the publication of statements by people whom the state regards as security risks and information about detainees...
...give a "Comment"--he needs something...
...wasn't pretty," she said. Rutgers police refused to comment on the arrests...