Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first term, Reagan showed that a President with a few strongly held beliefs and a well-honed ability to express them could dominate Congress and a bureaucracy that was supposedly spinning out of control. He could even enjoy running the Government and get eight hours of sleep at night...
...away, then nine days later turns himself in. The town goes wild for him. Dubbed the subway vigilante, he is the talk, the toast, of every radio call-in show from Miami to San Diego. The outpouring of popular support becomes a story in itself. Mayors, Governors and editorialists express dismay...
Perhaps worst, the punishment was collective. Goetz had been mugged four years ago and had brooded ever since over the lenient treatment his attackers received. These four were paying for more than their own sins. A whole class of muggers got theirs on the downtown express. But the law, which still prevails aboveground, does not permit trial by class. Everyone pays for his sins only. Even criminals cannot remain abstract...
...setting for the past two conversations was familiar: the White House family quarters, where the First Lady lounged on a large sofa imported from the Reagans' former home in Pacific Palisades. But the interviewee had changed markedly from earlier talks: she was more confident, more willing to express her own ideas. Highlights...
President Bok announces a new $350 million fundraising drive for the University's 350th anniversary, to be celebrated in fall 1986. Harvard financial officers express optimism that they will reach the ambitious goal within the allotted nine months...