Word: flap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Today the Lance flap is long forgotten and Genscher's renegade view of the Soviets, once derided by his allies as being "soft" on communism, has proved visionary. Among the Foreign Minister's rewards has been a vastly improved relationship with his U.S. counterpart, James Baker. Though the two men sparred testily over the Lance affair, they now act like old pals. Both are workaholics, lawyers by training, brainy and pragmatic; when together, they cut through diplomatic blather with hyperspeed. "Genscher loves to play with Baker," says a German diplomat. "He understands how Baker's mind works -- so much like...
...Some liberals question whether Endowment Chairman John Frohnmayer need enforce the new rules so confrontationally: the National Endowment for the Humanities is not requiring recipients to sign any new pledge. But the pressure on the NEA has been unrelenting, in part because the religious right has discovered that the flap revived its flagging organizational and fund-raising efforts...
...Noriega flap illustrates, the law also has the potential of blocking the funds that suspects need to hire the attorneys of their choice. The measure, complains Neal Sonnett, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "gives prosecutors the power to disqualify a Clarence Darrow while allowing a more pliable lawyer to remain in the case...
Finally, in August 1988, Berge, the dynamic president of Yves Saint Laurent, was appointed to run the project. Five months later, he set off the biggest flap of all when he unceremoniously fired Daniel Barenboim and shelved the conductor's programming plans. By May of last year, when Chung, plucked from | the obscurity of the Saarland Radio Orchestra in West Germany, was named Barenboim's surprise successor, the new administration had little more to offer than a notion that the house would open early this year, with something, sung by somebody or other. The stage seemed set for disaster...
...flap obscured a deeper debate over Aspen's future. As the ski resort has become a favored hangout for Hollywood stars and wealthy businessmen, the price of real estate has soared. Last year the average house sold for $1.1 million. In addition to rejecting the fur-sale ban, voters approved construction of a 292-room hotel and a widened highway into town. Last week's voting was a showdown between those seeking to slow development and those who want to accelerate it. The accelerators...