Word: crisises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Behind the scenes, the Administration was working in a crisis mode. In private Bush described himself as going through "the most difficult time of my presidency," and by week's end the strain in his face was pronounced. To save Cicippio, the State Department set up a round-the-clock...
But Tehran was being offered carrots as well as sticks. Through acquaintances like Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid, Bush offered the possibility of a "constructive relationship" with Iran. The U.S. overtures to Iran went "well beyond the current situation with the hostages," said a senior White House official. Another official said...
What else should the U.S. be doing? Three years ago, a White House task force on terrorism chaired by then Vice President Bush recommended limited and well-defined military retaliation in a hostage crisis if all other means failed. "((The panel)) would not approve of wanton destruction of human life...
Still, the report offers little hope that the drug crisis will ease soon. The number of "intensive" (weekly) cocaine users is up a third, to 862,000 people; nearly 300,000 of them may be using cocaine daily. Those estimates could be low, since the pollsters surveyed only households, not...
Few issues galvanize public opinion more than terrorism, and few journalistic devices can tap those feelings more succinctly than an opinion poll. This week we decided that our cover story on the hostage crisis in Lebanon needed an accurate reading of popular thought, so we asked our regular polling firm...