Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem is compounded by the fact that the NEA is not a ministry of culture. It does not commission large works to reflect glory on the state, or set firm policy for other institutions. Its $169 million budget is tiny -- less than one-third the projected price of one Stealth bomber, or, to put it another way, only ten times the recent cost of a single painting by Jasper Johns. The French government spends three times the NEA's budget each year on music, theater and dance alone ($560 million in 1989). German government spending on culture runs at around...
...week, Secretary of State James Baker said, "The United States strongly believes that the Khmer Rouge should play no role in Cambodia's future." That statement was an improvement on one he made in April, when he accepted the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge in a coalition as "a fact of life." Last week he went on to say that American support for a new Cambodian government "will directly and inversely depend on the extent of Khmer Rouge participation...
...suit pursuit came to light when the State Department, alarmed by reports that the five-term Congressman had sexually accosted a Peace Corps volunteer during a fact-finding mission to Zaire last March, asked other embassies that have played host to Savage about his activities. Two congressional committees are now investigating the allegations. Considering the outcome of his foreign forays, Savage might want to consider sticking closer to home...
...shattered country despite official warnings issued by Washington in January 1987 that in effect they are on their own. So long as the U.S. and its citizens venture forth freely in the world, they will be vulnerable to extortion by kidnapers. Trying to come to terms with that implacable fact, Ronald Reagan stumbled and Jimmy Carter fell...
...quelling unrest may be a primary reason why Jaruzelski pushed his candidacy. The seriousness of Poland's economic crisis cannot be overstated: labor unrest is growing, industrial production falling and annual inflation galloping along at 150%. Perhaps most serious of all, basic food staples are in short supply, a fact underscored last week by President Bush's announcement that the U.S. will provide Poland with a special $59 million food-aid package. The urgency is not lost in Warsaw. "If the future government does not find effective means to change this situation," Kiszczak warned in his acceptance speech, "the country...