Word: furor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late May, South African commandos made a foray into Angola. Then, two weeks ago, South African troops attacked what they claimed were strongholds of African National Congress guerrillas in Botswana, killing at least twelve people. Last week another furor erupted over the Botha government's installation of a quasi-independent administration in South-West Africa, or Namibia, the neighboring territory that South Africa has controlled for the past 19 years in defiance of United Nations resolutions calling for independence for the area. Botha's remarks seemed specifically aimed at Washington, whose relations with Pretoria are at their lowest ebb since...
...That whole day's ceremonies are so morally right that all that has taken place now, the whole furor, has blinded everyone to the purpose. Isn't it time for us to look back to that day at the end of the war and then recognize, if there's any celebration, it is a celebration of what has followed, that from the end of that war came this complete turnaround that has led now to 40 years of peace, plus our onetime enemies' being, you might say, our staunchest allies. Bitburg was picked because that is where there are German...
...Prime Minister's vague program may not be enough to calm the protectionist furor in Congress, where both the House and Senate have overwhelmingly passed resolutions calling on the President to retaliate against Japan unless it reduces import restrictions. Said Republican Senator John Danforth of Missouri: "The problem is not going to be solved by a single Nakasone speech or package of promises. The only thing that counts is results." Agreed Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat: "We essentially have here an unsecured promissory note, and if our negotiations with Japan continue as they have in the past...
...following dav, that article was reprinted in Duluth's News-Tribune & Herald. Some of Wurf's less-then-complimentary comments caused a small furor in the town of 100,000. He was lambasted in the local press, highlighted on Duluth evening television news, and the night of the hockey game, an enormous banner was displayed by some fans, proclaiming that "Nick Wurf is uncouth...
...called for military spending to increase by 12.7% in fiscal 1986, to $277.5 billion. But critics, incensed by stories of $7,600 coffeemakers and $400 hammers, are now challenging the price that the Pentagon pays for everything from wrenches to warplanes. Air Force Secretary Verne Orr acknowledged the public furor in his dunning letters to G.E. and Pratt & Whitney: "National support for building military strength has been severely battered by public perception that we pay too much for the goods and services we acquire...