Word: czars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this is unnecessary, because Mr. Bush already has the power to appoint a domestic czar. But inasmuch as he chose Dan Quayle as the best possible candidate to lead America in his absence and Clarence Thomas as the most qualified man in America to sit on the Supreme Court, maybe it would be best if we left the choice to the voters...
...will democracy continue without Gorbachev? As a supporter of his changes, I never praised him while he was in office -- a poet must not praise a czar, even a good one. But now I will say that this great man, one of the men of the century, turned around global consciousness, broke the back of totalitarianism and gave us glasnost...
What's the value of secrets if nobody asks you for them? Fresh, reliable information is the measure of an intelligence czar. But new CIA director ROBERT GATES has noted that whenever something big happens, everybody from the President on down turns to CNN for up-to-the-minute reports. Gates is considering going CNN one better by creating his own private news program. Available on an encrypted computer system, the central intelligence network would distribute instant analysis and scoops to about 200 top Administration officials. Film...
...many kids drinking themselves into a stupor? Boredom, peer pressure, escape from psychological pain and wanting to feel good are the usual answers. Since most of their parents drink, teenagers tend to think of alcohol as a less threatening drug than cocaine or marijuana. Says White House drug czar Bob Martinez: "Adults often send a message to their kids that this is acceptable behavior. With marijuana, cocaine and heroin, there is no mixed message. With alcohol, there is." To David Anderson, a research professor at George Mason University's Center for Health Promotion, teenagers who indulge in binge drinking "delude...
...were to give the diversity czar the power of mind control I would believe they could change things. Indeed, the College can do better, but barely so. Just because a problem exists at Harvard does not mean that the administration...