Word: deflective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many, the past 30 years have been but a painful first step in learning how to move the levers of power. This year there have been signs of a new sophistication among African-American voters, including a willingness to defeat black incumbents, like Chicago Congressman Savage, who sought to deflect questions about his ineffectiveness and high rate of absenteeism by attacking "Jewish" campaign contributions to his opponent, Mel Reynolds...
...scapegoat in the S&L crisis. Says J. Michael Cook, chairman of Deloitte & Touche: "The equation that an S&L failed, it had an audit, so the audit failed -- that just doesn't add up." Industry leaders complain that they are being targeted by government regulators seeking to deflect blame from their own mistakes and by investors looking for rich firms to make good their losses. "People come after the auditors because they're usually the only ones with money left standing," says Philip Chenok, president of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (A.I.C.P.A...
...attempt to deflect attention from the House imbroglio, Foley has called for a review of Executive Branch perks and has created a bipartisan task force to recommend an overhaul of congressional operations. He brushed off Bryant's demand for his retirement by vowing to run for another term as Speaker. If he had shown the same zeal in dealing with Jack Russ, his re- election would not be in doubt...
...year-old Mississippian, who had personally floated checks totaling $56,100, resigned under pressure last week. The move followed news reports suggesting that Russ, who claimed to have been wounded in a mugging on March 1, may actually have shot himself in the cheek in order to deflect criticism over his handling of the bank during his nine years on the job. Russ, who denies the rumors, ignored repeated warnings from the General Accounting Office that the check-writing perk needed reform...
...goodwill gestures in the world seem unlikely to deflect the growing movement toward further government regulations of the pharmaceutical industry. Experts caution, however, that hastily written rules, even if they are produced with the best of intentions, can backfire. The Orphan Drug Act, for instance, was passed in 1983 to encourage the development of drugs for rare diseases. The law provides an extra economic incentive, in the form of a seven-year monopoly, to companies that market products for maladies that afflict fewer than 200,000 people. Though it has done some good, it has also been widely blamed...