Word: commons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these blustery mike-men and the looney callers are exceptions rather than the rule on the air-waves. In an age where politicians and the exorbitantly paid television anchors who cover them seem to have more in common with each other than with the public, talk radio provides an open forum, a marketplace of ideas, where citizens of all political backgrounds can voice their opinions...
Appearances by guests like Kennedy accomplish two things, which Broder and the other talk-radio bashers neglect. The common man, who normally has no access to a expert like Kennedy, gets the opportunity to engage in dialogue with the Yale prof. And the Yale prof, usually surrounded by Ivy-League academics, is able to hear what the general public thinks of his book...
...Common Cause often takes positions on questions that have to do with public ethics," Cox said, adding that the state post is a quasi-judicial one. Were he head both offices, it could be perceived as a conflict of interests, he said...
...explained that I didn't think while [national chair of Common Cause, I could hold both posts] without creating at least the appearance of conflict of interest," Cox said. He added, "The question is whether there is a danger that you might not be aware of yourself...
...European Common Market governments decided yesterday to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran to protest Ayatollah Ruhollan Khomeini's renewed order for Moslems to kill novelist Salman Rushdie. Britain went further by pulling out its entire embassy staff...