Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Simon and Dole have gone into some detail on their proposals," Saunders says. "Most of the rest have been speaking in general terms...
...corporate power. He notes in speeches to migrant workers, laid off laborers, and unemployed youths, that the major corporations of this country pay less in taxes than do the average American. Taxes will be raised under a Jackson presidency. Those who will be paying are Exxon and General Motors, IBM and Bechtel...
...conclusion, I have to say that the College's legal and general responsibilities simply do not permit us the luxury of supporting the use of alcohol by minors or of ignoring flagrant abuse of the law. Kegs in freshman dormitories seemed clearly to fall within the bounds of unacceptable activity. I understand that freshmen and the Council may disagree with this position, but after all, it is the College and its representatives who are held accountable under the law and thus who must set what seem to them reasonable standards...
...Panama: a major shake-up was expected momentarily in the troubled Latin country. At 5:30 p.m. last Thursday, President Eric Arturo Delvalle, 51, appeared on nationwide television ahead of the evening news. Reading from a script, Delvalle told stunned viewers that he had asked for the resignation of General Manuel Antonio Noriega, 50, the military strongman who has run Panama for the past five years. Delvalle said he had requested Noriega to "voluntarily step aside" while the U.S. investigated drug-trafficking charges that federal grand juries in Miami and Tampa had brought against the general in early February...
...drug-related crisis of authority that rages through Latin America. Accused of taking million-dollar payoffs in return for allowing narcotics to flow through Panama, Noriega is a graphic illustration of the power of drug lords to intimidate and corrupt the region's governments (see following story). The general is believed to be closely tied to a cocaine trade that begins in the jungles of South America and ends in U.S. neighborhoods from Boston to Beverly Hills. That has helped make Noriega a prime target for U.S. law-enforcement officials and diplomats, who want the general brought to justice...