Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...McGovern decided to confront this New Right adversary from his new seat on the sidelines. In addition to his plans to taking it easy, McGovern has a political project as well--a new citizen action committee called "Americans for Common Sense" (ACS). The title, drawn from Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet, reflects the committee's objective: to inject "common sense" into the current political debate, which McGovern believes is dominated by the irrational messages of the New Right. ACS will act both as an information clearinghouse on New Right groups and as an organizing committee in support of progressive causes...
...shaved head as a sign of "sincerity to the program." Another speaks of sessions, often several days, spent in the school boiler room, where residents "go voluntarily to think their problems through." "Certainly the discipline is here, but it is just one part of teaching these people how to confront their problems. We do not advocate a soft approach to drug therapy," says McCue...
Should John Hinckley spend the rest of his life in prison? Or was he so psychologically troubled when he shot President Reagan and three other men last March that society should not hold him accountable for his actions? That is the decision that will soon confront twelve jurors in Washington, D.C. If they accept the contention of Hinckley's lawyers that he was legally insane, the would-be assassin will be confined to a mental hospital until a judge concludes that he is no longer a threat to himself or fellow citizens. Then he may go scot free...
Accusing the New Right of "marching under borrowed banners," nationally syndicated columnist George F. Will last night criticized today's conservatives for attacking big government and advocated instead "strong-government conservatism" unafraid to confront moral issues...
...Besieged by mounting pressure from within his own party and a fire storm of increasingly effective rhetoric from Democratic leaders, the President decided to shelve any major reforms of the all-but-bankrupt Social Security system as part of his second round of budget cuts. He had hoped to confront the issue head-on during his televised speech. Instead, he merely recommended again changes that Health and Hu man Services Secretary Richard Schweiker and OMB Director David Stockman had formulated and that the Senate had rejected last May, and proposed a few palliatives to shore up the system...