Word: furore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...furor over the domestic spying was touched off two weeks ago by the New York Times, which reported that in the 1950s and 1960s the CIA undertook wiretaps, break-ins and other covert means within the U.S. and accumulated illegal intelligence files on 10,000 Americans. These allegations were at least partially confirmed by CIA Director William E. Colby in a secret accounting to President Gerald Ford. Colby is said to have told Ford that the CIA had maintained files on thousands of Americans, although he contended that only a fraction were under active surveillance. He also is said...
...heads of four different committees and subcommittees announced parallel investigations of the CIA to begin when Congress reconvenes. From his vacation retreat in Vail, Colo., Gerald Ford ordered up a report by CIA Director William E. Colby that was flown to him by courier plane. The cause of the furor was a story in the New York Times charging that for about 20 years the CIA had illegally spied on many American citizens within...
...Eisenhower Commission was the result of a growing furor that arose after easily acquired rifles had killed President Kennedy and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and after Robert F. Kennedy was killed by a handgun a child could have bought...
...clearly defined his political beliefs. When pressed, he declares that he is a "progressive conservative" and an advocate of "modernization," but does not explain what these terms mean. His main talent, perhaps, is an instinctive gift for discerning the moodo (mood) of his countrymen. Last summer, sensing the mounting furor over Tanaka's use of vast sums of money in political campaigns, Miki resigned as Deputy Premier and shrewdly began cultivating his image as a reformer. Considering the complex economic and political problems that confront Japan, though, Miki will need more than hara and an ability to perceive...
Social Peace. Stehlin's assessment was perceived as a vicious stab at the national honor. Gaullist Party Leader Alexandre Sanguinetti howled that his remarks were "an aggression against the nation as a whole." As a result of the furor, Stehlin was forced to resign as vice president of the Assembly, and last week the government ordered him to retire from the air force reserve...