Word: furor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...caused a furor in the "small town" of Duluth, Minn, last week by calling into question the amount of cultural activities there (Crimson, April 1). Well first I should make it clear that Duluth is no small town. With 100.000 citizens and a metropolitan area population of more than 130.000, Duluth has to be ranked as a city and I think that's where my problems begin...
...against this background that the Camarena case created such a furor. The kidnaping of the Mexican-born, naturalized American agent, known as Kiki, seemed to bring out long-simmering resentments among U.S. officials about Mexican law enforcement in general. Above all, the officials were irate over the toughest of bilateral problems: the reach and political power of the crime barons who control Mexico's multibillion-dollar drug trade...
...less vivid form of print. The TV networks are plainly within their constitutional rights to make docudramas, and to express whatever point of view they wish. Their output may add to public knowledge and enrich public debate. But given what misimpressions of history a docudrama may also leave, the furor in Atlanta should provide an impetus for overdue self-restraint. In a thoughtful, democratic society, nothing is more sacred and vital than the ability to agree on, and face, the facts, whatever they may be. For networks that pride themselves on their journalism to play fast and loose with facts...
Despite the furor that it has aroused, liberation theology has never swayed all Latin America. In Venezuela, the Pope's first stop last week, church officials estimate that liberation theology has scarcely had any impact at all. The same is true of Argentina and Mexico...
...bottom line is a tarnished reputation and the prospect of being out of work in June, when his appointment at Princeton finally expires. But for the entire profession there seemed to be another bottom line, defined by a senior historian and A.H.A. committee chairman who, after all the furor, insisted on anonymity. "I feel an immense sadness," he said. "We have not shown our best face to the world...