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...dark days of 1932 had few firm economic ideas. Buffeted by conflicting advice, he lamely tried to split the difference. His speeches were a study in contradiction, combining hints of bold spending programs with cries for a balanced budget. If Franklin Roosevelt's approach was inconsistent, even intellectually dishonest, it helped produce a landslide victory over Herbert Hoover and ultimately the New Deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: A Deficit on the Trail | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...drug traffickers." An unlikely coalition led by North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms and Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry was nevertheless able to push the resolution through. In the House, New York Democrat James Scheuer has blasted the Justice Department's praise for Panama's antidrug efforts as "disingenuous and intellectually dishonest," charging, "Noriega is involved in drug trafficking and money laundering right up to his kazoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing Away from a Latin Dictator | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...along with what George called some "harebrained schemes." Casey ignored his aides' objections to using outsiders, such as retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord. The director also relied on Iranian Manucher Ghorbanifar as a middleman, despite CIA warnings that Ghorbanifar had been shown to be "dishonest and untruthful." When George learned that Casey nevertheless intended to seek Ghorbanifar's help, he took the rare step of telling his boss, "Bill, I'm not going to run this guy anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out in The Cold | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...fair elections. A dishonest election will not be possible this time. About 42 million people will watch closely to ensure honesty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow Will Be Different | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...Bakkers, who are Pentecostals. Obviously irked when Bakker leveled the charge during his first Nightline appearance, Falwell called a press conference that stretched over 90 minutes and even displaced the Iran- contra hearings on Cable News Network. Falwell fumed that Bakker "either has a terrible memory, or is very dishonest, or he is emotionally ill." He portrayed Bakker as a man consumed by avarice and said that he had documented evidence of homosexual misconduct by the fallen preacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Of God and Greed | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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