Word: criticize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...March, TIME and other news organizations reported that Stephanopoulos on Feb. 25 separately phoned Treasury chief of staff Josh Steiner and Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman (then acting head of the RTC) to inquire angrily about the appointment of former Republican U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens -- a harsh Clinton critic -- to assist in the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty, a failed Arkansas savings and loan whose proprietor had been a Clinton business partner and fund raiser. Officials familiar with those calls told investigators that Stephanopoulos asked whether Stephens could be dismissed. Stephanopoulos later explained that he was "just blowing off steam...
...major news organizations and leading black journalists charged that we had darkened Simpson's face in a racist and legally prejudicial attempt to make him look more sinister and guilty, to portray him as "some kind of animal," as the N.A.A.C.P.'s Benjamin Chavis put it. A white press critic said the cover had the effect of sending him "back to the ghetto." Others objected to the fact that the mug shot had been altered at all, arguing that photographs, particularly news photos, should never be altered...
Dershowitz has been an outspoken critic of how the case has been handled, questioning whether prosecutors have violated Simpson's rights with excessive pretrial publicity...
William A. Henry III, a Senior Writer at TIME, died of a heart attack early this morning in Maidenhead, England, where he was visiting relatives. Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Henry was TIME's drama critic as well as a frequent contributor of stories on subjects ranging as wide as the scope of the magazine itself. His favorite topic, though, was the theater. He had even contemplated an acting career as a youth, but lamented: "There aren't many parts for a short, plump actor who can't sing or dance." He wrote "Visions of America," a widely...
Such is the burden of high expectations. Success is sometimes over-shadowed by its accompanying failure--not that the team could be said to have "failed" by any stretch of the imagination. But Lady History is a curious critic, and it will be interesting to see what she thinks this time next year about the 1993-94 season...