Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must make it clear that debts owed to the Federal Government must be repaid. It is not right that responsible, honest citizens should suffer because of those who do not honor their obligations." So said President Reagan last year, announcing a Government crackdown on its debtors. One obvious place to start: the Small Business Administration, where more than 10% of 150,000 loans are currently overdue. As it turns out, one of the SBA'S heftier overdue loans belongs to Gerald P. Carmen, 51, head of the General Services Administration. Carmen, who has been complaining about a lack...
Their personal animus aside, Haig and Kirkpatrick disagree frequently on substantive policy matters. Kirkpatrick, for example, threatened to resign last January after Haig refused to push for stronger sanctions by America's European allies following the military crackdown in Poland. In addition, critics claim, she has not been a particularly adept U.N. Ambassador. Yet, as the only woman in the Cabinet and as the most prominent neo-Conservative in the Administration, Kirkpatrick remains politically valuable. Unfortunately, the spat between her and Haig not only diminishes the effectiveness of both officials but raises substantial questions about the direction and intent...
...able to consolidate his position in the Soviet hierarchy following the imposition of martial law in Poland last December. "It made him look good," says the University of California's George Breslauer. "This was not because of any direct role he might have played, but because the crackdown in Poland showed that the function of the secret police remains important...
...anger among the less-favored groups herded increasingly together--the poor, the stupid, [the gays] and the ugly making up a ferment of continual rejection and violence. There is at least the possibility that society will be faced with the unpleasant choice between constant insecurity for all and a crackdown involving repression of the individual liberties...
...rights" certain powers or privileges to which Americans are universally entitled. I think, Director, that you need to take a hard look at Hirsch's point. The moment we begin to draw lines, separating the gays and the ugly from the rest, we take the chance of a "crackdown involving repression" of civil liberties and basic rights. By drawing lines we create an inferior class, and by applying "negative social pressure" to that class we begin to stir up a public furor that may lead to a consensus anti-gay, and anti-ugly opinion. Only such a consensus opinion will...