Word: corrupter
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...former military Chief of Staff, Defense Minister and Premier, Lon Nol ended the 1,000-year-old Khmer monarchy by overthrowing Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was out of the country. Although Lon Nol's republic was propped up by American military aid, it proved unpopular, corrupt and too weak to resist the forces of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, who after seizing power killed an estimated one million Cambodians (out of 7.3 million). Shortly before Lon Nol fled to asylum in the U.S., he said, accurately, "If the other side took over, they would kill...
What happened in Geneva was participatory summitry. Reagan went about his business as he always does in that environment, firmly rooted in Thomas Jefferson's doctrine that freedom is a God-given right and James Madison's conviction that some participants will try to corrupt freedom, but more will try to protect...
...scanners. DeConcini wants Congress to fatten the budget for secure communications. The Government was reminded of the embarrassing problem of intercepted radio messages during the Achille Lauro episode in October, when ham-radio operators heard Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger advising the President over an unsecured channel. NEW JERSEY A Corrupt Pol Surfaces...
...people of the Philippines are traditionally anti-Communist and pro-democracy [WORLD, Nov. 18]. The Communist movement, however, is growing because Filipinos are against the corrupt and repressive Marcos regime. By establishing a dictatorship and turning this once prosperous country into an economic basket case, Marcos has destroyed the democratic form of government. Only the election of a popular leader like Corazon Aquino, the widow of assassinated Opposition Leader Ninoy Aquino, can hold back the Communists. George Carrion Makati, Philippines...
...roundup brought to eleven the number of Miami cops arrested on drug-related charges in 1985. As investigations continued to uncover corrupt cops in the Miami area, Chief Dickson, 51, took a no-nonsense approach toward his embattled department. "We will wipe out corruption wherever it exists," said Dickson, who has been in his job for only a year. "We will always take the pro-active approach because we are Miami...