Word: daniels
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...military showdown, however, was overshadowed last week by a propaganda battle between Managua and Washington as both sides sought to score points off the Hasenfus trial. Nicaraguan officials, including President Daniel Ortega, have indicated that Hasenfus will be found guilty, then released as early as Thanksgiving. "It's a chance to show Americans how kindhearted they are," scoffed Antonio Tijerino, a Washington-based attorney for the contras. U.S. officials, meanwhile, branded the tribunal a kangaroo court. Since it was established in 1983, the court, perhaps unsurprisingly, has had a 99% conviction rate. Each panel consists of a lawyer who serves...
...should also say that for the past 15 years, I have been a director of Abt Associates (as have been Evelyn Murphy, Kenneth Arros, Adam Yarmolinsky and other Democrats). This is not an instance, however, of interest affinity, but a knowledge that permits me easily to endorse his qualifications. Daniel Bell Henry Ford II Professor of Social Science
...have some skepticism about the value of the work to be done, because the 'Harvard Watch' people seem to have their minds made up," Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 said in a statement about the Nader organization, called Harvard Watch...
President Derek C. Bok and Vice President for Government and Public affairs John Shattuck were out of town yesterday and unavailable for comment. Associate Dean for Finance Candace R. Corvey and Director of the News Office Peter Costa did not return repeated calls. Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 declined comment about Harvard Watch...
LANGUAGE AS A sign of class--a la George Bernard Shaw's Eliza Doolittle--is contrary to American traditions. Colonial Americans, notes historian Daniel Boorstin, prided themselves on the almost universal use of proper grammar. There were no discernible differences in patois between rich and poor. Unlike their British cousins who developed the language, Americans did not have to look to the upper crust for guidance on the proper use of the King's English. We have traditionally had to look no farther than our neighbors. Now, if we ask to see our neighbor, his son might reply...