Word: defective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former editor-in-chief of the conservative English language newspaper, The Buenos Aires Herald, adamantly said the North American press exaggerated the extent of repression and censorship in Argentina. He contradicted himself six months later when he explained in Time magazine why he and his family chose to defect...
...small labor force. Slavish in its devotion to Soviet aims, East Germany billets some 285,000 Soviet troops. The archconservative regime of Party Chief Erich Honecker tolerates little dissent, though a few minor work stoppages have been reported this year. East Germans are rarely allowed to travel westward and defect at a rate of 200 every year...
...quick knockout of his foe and Kennedy's retributive triumph came on the convention's first two days. By winning 24 primaries to Kennedy's ten, Carter had sent 1,982 delegates to New York, 316 more than required for the nomination. Not only were they unlikely to defect, but they would have been prohibited from doing so if the convention adopted a rule, proposed by the party's National Committee in 1978, requiring all delegates to cast their first roll call votes for the candidate to whom they had been committed. If he was to keep on pursuing...
...stranger episode occurred when some members of the Afghanistan wrestling team were reported to be eager to defect. After British Television Correspondent Martin Lewis aired a story about the possible defections, all 18 members of the team, edgy and anxious, appeared at a press conference to issue a collective denial. Lewis disputed the claim, even pointing out one athlete who allegedly approached him -a journalistic lapse that could have serious consequences for the unfortunate Afghan...
...NHTSA said it had received 23,000 complaints, which included 98 deaths. Ford protested that transmission failures occur no more often in its cars than those of other manufacturers, and that it had not been able to spot any design defect...