Word: firestorm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American judicial system. The amendment begins: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." However, the Moon case attests to the ambiguity of the Constitutional guarantee--for all the government's determination to prosecute Moon, the controversy has sparked a firestorm of articles, rallies, charges and countercharges that is only gradually diminishing...
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...Neill reacted by ordering the cameras to pan the empty chamber in order to expose the young Turks' tactics. In his pique, however, the Speaker failed to notify the Republicans of the change. For that he later apologized to Michel, but the firestorm had been ignited. Republicans labeled O'Neill's action "camscam," and took to the floor in high dudgeon. What upset the Democrats, as well as Michel, is that the Speaker, who is supposed to represent the House as a whole, had joined in a partisan shouting match. Lost in the scuffle was the laudable...
...seems there was a questionable appointment here, a few cufflinks there. Before long, Meese's financial dealings and subsequent patronage had sparked an investigative firestorm in Washington. And last week, both Meese and his critics were calling for a special prosecutor to examine his conduct in office--the latter to savage his confirmation hopes, the former in hopes of clearing his name once...
...peace, so he can avoid the restraints of the War Powers Act; when he alludes to vague security threats in Grenada, but bars reporters and obstructs the public's critical vision of threat; when he distorts details and invents rationalizations for his policies, what effect can a firestorm have...