Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week. "I make a solemn vow," Reagan promised at an Organization of American States (OAS) meeting in Washington. "As long as there is breath in this body, I will speak and work, strive and struggle for the cause of the Nicaraguan freedom fighters." Specifically, Reagan pledged, he will fight for $270 million in renewed military and humanitarian aid to the contras to enable them to continue battling the Sandinista regime. The next day, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Nicaraguan leader ridiculed Reagan's talk. "President Reagan posed as a great judge of the peoples...
Robert Bork was ready to give up. After a punishing confirmation ordeal, his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court faced near certain defeat as a majority of Senators joined the tide against him. After wearily advising Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese that he had little fight left in him, the judge retreated last Thursday afternoon to his judicial chambers, where he began writing an angry statement withdrawing his nomination for the job he had wanted most of his career...
...resign after firing Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox at President Nixon's request. Instead, he decided it would be best to stay and see the crisis through. Putting aside his withdrawal statement, Bork began, with the help of his sons, to draft an eloquent explanation of his decision to fight...
Bork's announcement squelched much of the infighting among conservatives, who bestowed upon him the sort of kudos more commonly reserved for the Light Brigade. "Judge Bork decided to stand and fight, even though it's probably a lost cause," said Minority Leader Bob Dole. "That's what America's all about: fighting against the odds, although the odds are probably unbeatable...
...social agenda by shifting the Supreme Court to the right, saving the contras and preventing a tax increase or cuts in defense spending. The White House stands to gain only one advantage from the continuation of the Bork clash: after a bloody battle, critics may be less willing to fight the President's next nominee...