Word: extent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...knows the extent of Straw's maneuvers, largely because other dealers, perhaps fearful of disclosing their losses, have not filed court actions. But what has emerged so far seems to point to a confidence game played in a market where thousands ride on a handshake and a reliable reputation. Says Robert Petersen of the Petersen Galleries: "I was told that Straw's father was famous and that Steven Straw knew all the important people. We looked on him as a key source...
...United States has violated human rights to such an extent that it cannot rightfully protest Vietnam's treatment of its refugees, William M. Kunstler, the attorney best known for his defense of the "Chicago Seven," said last night...
...many respects, Kennedy seems to be an inappropriate candidate for the 1980s. He has a checkered personal history at a time when politicians' private lives are scrutinized more closely than ever before. To some extent, his politics are out of sync with current conservative trends. His ability to lead is untested and taken on faith. Yet supporting his candidacy is the irrepressible Kennedy mystique, the lingering regret for the assassination of his two brothers, his own hard, near obsessive work in the Senate, where he is rated one of the most distinguished members, and the voters' yearning...
...colleagues, fearful that Carter's political weakness would damage their own campaigns for reelection, began urging him to run. "During the month of August," Kennedy said of the recent recess, "I had a chance to reflect, the time to review my family responsibilities, and to think about the extent to which my candidacy would be a divisive factor." He met with his closest confidants, Brother-in-Law Steve Smith and Washington Lawyer Paul Kirk, and he concluded that damaging divisions already existed. Said he: "The things that are troubling the people are troubling them irrespective of whether...
Still there was plenty of posturing over the conference's central issue: the nature and extent of guarantees to be offered to the country's whites, who are fleeing at the rate of 1,000 a month. The Patriotic Front put forth a proposed constitution that would not reserve any seats for whites in the 100-member Parliament (they now control 28). Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, presented an alternative that would guarantee the whites one-third membership in a toothless Senate and an unspecified number of seats in the lower house-but not enough...