Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...April, a blue-ribbon Presidential committee reported that the quality of math and science education in the United States had fallen significantly in the last 26 years...
...they play by different rules, but we should take this into account in our dealings with them. And we most certainly should not fall for Soviet propaganda designed not so much to fool westerners, but to keep their own citizens wholly misinformed. That Mr. Louis and others have fallen for it hook, line and sinker is not testament to Soviet cunning, but to the incredible aptitude for self-delusion that is so apparent among unilateral disarmers. Eric Stockel...
...growing political problem has been the continued unpopularity of President Chun and his regime. The government is in complete control and is not challenged by any organized opposition, but its popularity is limited and its efforts to establish legitimacy have fallen short. The student demonstrations that shook the campuses last spring were the largest in three years--since Chun's takeover. Student demonstrations in South Korea are no longer the powerful force and leading indicator of public unrest they once were. Recently, however, polarization has pitted a radical minority of students against the government. But this minority has been successful...
...summer of 1982, Selective Service Director Thomas K. Turnage promised that hundreds of men who had not registered for the draft would be prosecuted that fall. One year later, after only 16 indictments, the tune has changed. "We have fallen behind our predictions." "Justice Department official John Russell said Tuesday...
Russell's statement is a positive realization that the Service and the Justice Department have not been able to fully carry out the disciplinary aspects of the registration law, proposed by Jimmy Carter in January 1980 after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. In fact, the government has fallen miles short of Turnage's stated goal, largely because of a breakdown in coordination between the Selective Service--which gathers potential registrants--and the Justice Department--which is charged with prosecuting evaders. That disorganization by itself would not be very encouraging as an indicator of how federal agencies enforce federal laws...