Word: fighting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fortas had betrayed his own ideals, and in the process made the myth of Camelot and the Great Society seem a cruel hoax. One could fight for truth and justice and make a pretty good buck while doing it, was the lesson he taught. One could also cozy up to power, find for himself a comfortable niche in the White House power structure and never fear that he would be accountable...
...letter from former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger challenging Michael Dukakis' "views" and "instincts" on national security. Schlesinger accused Dukakis of snubbing military installations in Massachusetts, opposing most new weapons systems, having a questionable commitment to nuclear deterrence, alarming U.S. allies with his calls for enhancing NATO's ability to "fight and win" a conventional war, and underestimating the cost of a conventional buildup. Another former Defense Secretary, Harold Brown, who has consulted with the Dukakis campaign, responds...
...million annually from her syndicated show alone) and living it up. She resides in a sleekly decorated three-bedroom Chicago apartment with a panoramic view of Lake Michigan, spends lavishly and unapologetically on clothes, and jet-sets around the country to such events as the Tyson-Spinks fight...
...recalls. "Nobody ever said, 'I love you.' " Her father, still a barber and city councilman in Nashville, has turned down Oprah's offers to "retire him" (though she does support her mother financially). "The only thing he's ever asked me for was a ticket to the Tyson-Spinks fight." Oprah came through with...
...accord delivers a blow to U.S. influence in the Arab world and highlights the Reagan Administration's losing fight to overcome the resistance of the powerful U.S. Jewish lobby to weapons sales to Arab countries. The last major U.S. deal with the Saudis was in 1981, when the Administration barely surmounted congressional opposition and sold Riyadh five AWACS radar- surveillance planes...