Word: discrediting
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...hospital. "People who reported to me started coming back and saying they were nervous about what she was asking them," says Leavell. "She was questioning them about the directions I was giving." Leavell soon found out why: the woman was using the information in an attempt to discredit her in the eyes of the hospital's CEO. Despite a confrontation, the woman continued her behavior. Finally, Leavell left not only the job but the state. Says she, now an administrator at a hospital in Redding, Calif.: "I felt like I couldn't focus on the goals and mission that...
...haven’t seen it in the right light yet? Or is there something bigger thwarting our good intentions? What we think we understand is undermined by our vague powerlessness in the face of the confusion and inefficiency generated by the very methods necessary to avoid or discredit violence: dialogue, discussion, negotiation, democracy...
...whole thing was a setup, Einhorn assured followers. Through his antiwar research and with contacts that extended beyond the Iron Curtain, he simply knew too much about weapons development, psychic research and global conspiracies. Maddux was murdered to discredit him. The CIA, the KGB, who knew? The most damning evidence against him was also the most obvious proof of his innocence: Would a man as smart as he murder his girlfriend and keep the evidence at his bedside...
...whole thing was a setup, Einhorn assured followers. Through his antiwar research and with contacts that extended beyond the Iron Curtain, he simply knew too much about weapons development, psychic research and global conspiracies. Maddux was murdered to discredit him. The CIA, the KGB, who knew? The most damning evidence against him was also the most obvious proof of his innocence: Would a man as smart as he murder his girlfriend and keep the evidence at his bedside...
Kerrey is a genuine hero. The fact is that the Vietnam War is still being fought by former government officials, by refugees and by anyone who is looking for a forum for his own agenda. Should we discredit all our military personnel who spent time in that hell? As someone who was against the war in the '60s and '70s, I say it's time to let it rest. ALEX HOWARD North Bergen...