Word: complexity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...give their star witness a tough, at times caustic, grilling. But their investigation is limited to the Iran- contra affair, and their attention is focused on such matters as whether and how much President Reagan knew about the diversion of Iranian arms-sales profits to the Nicaraguan rebels. That complex scandal, however, points to broader problems that also deserve investigation: What do North's many escapades say about the foreign policy of the Reagan Administration? How much did that policy depend on covert operations, hidden not only from Congress and the public but from much of the official Government...
...good deal of energy in defining actual separation of powers and contending for rights at the boundaries of authority. When the nation was developing in abundance and isolation, arguments over power were almost always overshadowed by the great progressive surges of the people. Now, with society more crowded and complex, contention over the authority to act often cramps creative leadership...
...homemade muffins, and at brunch and lunch there are well-made omelets. Probably Philadelphia's most widely acclaimed French restaurant is Le Bec-Fin. Although not quite up to its national reputation, it does offer some fine food -- at steep prices -- in a dated Louis-the-Something setting. Avoid complex dishes such as lamb wrapped in veal and heavily sauteed scallops with snow peas. More successful are the Cornish hen with a garlic-and-thyme cream sauce, and veal medallions nestling in a morel cream sauce...
Celebrations of the Constitution are inherently different in any case. The bunting and period costumes are accompanied this time by processions of scholars, by seminars on Public Television, by a different public mood. The Constitution is more complex than a Fourth of July, more technical, more cerebral and, in its intricacies, subtleties and silences, even enigmatic. A Fourth of July is fireworks and rhetoric, the old ritual romance of liberty. The Constitution is thought and legalism...
...right to be let alone." In the 18th century, the power of Government to intrude on the individual was acknowledged in the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. But the bureaucracies, technologies -- and social problems -- of the late 20th century make the issue of privacy considerably more complex and important. Government is not the only intrusive agent. Says Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller: "Whether you are talking about computer data banks or AIDS testing or drug testing or surveillance, the notion that the only threat to the individual in our society comes from the nation-state is nuts...