Word: discreditment
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...country." A centrist and longtime Mitterrand rival, Rocard called on the party to "broaden its appeal to the whole of the country." Party Secretary Lionel Jospin was quick to reply next morning. He was shocked, he said, that "a member of the government would speak to the discredit of his own Cabinet." Said Jospin: "I agree that we must listen to the voice of the French people, but let us not forget the principles of Socialism, the importance of class differences, and the fact that we belong to the left...
...Lawyer David Boies promptly tried to discredit McNamara by showing that he too had deceived Congress and the public. McNamara testified that he had believed ever since early 1966 that the war was not winnable and had expressed his doubt to President Lyndon Johnson. Boies read back snippets from what McNamara had said at the time. In August 1967, for instance, he told a Senate committee that the war was "not a no-win program." When a reporter asked that same year if the U.S. was mired in a stalemate in Viet Nam, McNamara replied, "Heavens, no!" On the stand...
There was widespread speculation that the kidnaping and murder had been carefully planned by hard-liners to discredit Jaruzelski and his Interior Minister, General Czeslaw Kiszczak. For many Poles the pieces of the puzzle seemed to fit together too neatly. Secret Police Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, the apparent ringleader of the kidnapers, was identified last week as an officer in the Interior Ministry section that monitors the activities of religious groups in Poland. His two lieutenants were recognized almost immediately by Popieluszko's driver, who had noticed the secret policemen following him before the kidnaping. Piotrowski and his conspirators apparently...
Jackson's good soldier phase may be temporary. Part of his motivation is a sincere desire to help discredit Ronald Reagan. Yet since a G.O.P. defeat seems unlikely, Jackson's more real hope is that a large black turnout will result in more clout for blacks-and for Jesse Jackson-within the party. "We intend on Nov. 6 to break a record and prove a point," he says. "Black voters are more loyal and disciplined than any other interest group in the Democratic Party. A new relationship is going to have to take into account new people...
Goldsmith, a failed aspirant to Parliament, is written off by some intelligence experts as a Conservative ideologue. Yet Western reporters have repeatedly experienced disinformation from the Soviet bloc, from attempts to discredit Polish Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa to contentions that the Korean Air Lines jet shot down by the Soviets was on a CIA mission. The issues in the Spiegel case probably are, as its editors said last week, beyond conventional proof. But the broader problem Goldsmith raised is one that knowing journalists cannot easily dismiss...