Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Douglas Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court. The University may be trying to avoid earning a reputation for condoning drug use on its faculty. But if that's the motivation behind the response to Loury's most recent arrest, the Administration should have said that during the Ginsburg fiasco and not at a time when such a statement makes another indiscretion seem acceptable...
When the brown, 690-page congressional report on the Iran-contra fiasco finally thumped onto desks in Washington last week, one of the officials most keenly interested in the scandal vowed not to pick it up. Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh cannot use any testimony that witnesses gave to the House and Senate committees under grants of immunity. Walsh and his staff of 28 lawyers, 20 FBI agents and six IRS investigators must build their own criminal cases against any lawbreakers. Nonetheless, the tightly reasoned, judiciously stated majority report, signed by all of the committees' 15 Democrats as well...
...case, officials rushed to halt the deal. Though most of the order had already been filled, U.S. authorities prevailed on the British government to stop shipment of the vital heating elements that the Soviets would need to operate at least some of the equipment properly. When informed of the fiasco, the Thatcher government ordered the heating elements destroyed...
...damage that was done to him as a result of this fiasco was very major and lasting," Kalb said. "When historians look back, they will see the administration in terms of pre-Iran scandal and post-Iran scandal...
Kicking Game: Harvard Coach Joe Restic hopes the fiasco against Penn doesn't happen again in the Yale Bowl. Will Bruce Jacob (25 out of 26 extra points, five out of 11 field goals) get another chance or did sophomore Brian Kotz (2/2, 25-yd. field goal) take over the helm? Punter Alan Hall has punted 65 times and has a respectable 33.2 average...