Word: deflective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno's original choice for the job, seems to be the most logical choice, because it was his Travelgate inquiry which brought the mishandling of confidential FBI files to light. Starr...
...special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno's original choice for the job, seems to be the most logical choice, because it was his Travelgate inquiry which brought the mishandling of confidential FBI files to light. Starr...
...special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno's original choice for the job, seems to be the most logical choice, because it was his Travelgate inquiry which brought the mishandling of confidential FBI files to light. Starr...
HELMS-BURTON IS A SMOKE SCREEN TO deflect the attention of the public away from the inadequacies of U.S. foreign policy regarding Cuba. Is the American government really so concerned about the morality of doing business with what it calls an oppressive dictatorship? The issue here is not morality. It is that the American government, through four decades of unsuccessful economic sabotage geared toward bringing down a system of government it deems inappropriate, has succeeded only in alienating itself from the trade equation. PETER DOZZI Sudbury, Ontario...
...UTAH ARE EMBARRASSED BY Enid Waldholtz's playing the victim, but I am also appalled by the hypocrisy of some of her critics. Liberal feminists have been playing the victim for years. They've learned it's a great way to avoid responsibility, to rationalize misandry and to deflect criticism. DOUG DANSIE Salt Lake City, Utah