Word: globe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...terrorist assassin's goal is always drama and publicity; his chief professional concern is (to put it grotesquely) one of casting. So there was something tragically spectacular in Mehmet Ali Agca's choice of victim. A strike of such reptilian malice against one of the globe's few authentic moral and spiritual leaders was a fiercely pure example of terrorist logic: the act should produce a profound moral dislocation, shattering not only state law but also human sensibility. The terrorist seizes what people value most and crucifies it upside down; he aims to induce a paralysis...
...growing economic problems of the Soviet Union, such as declining productivity and crop shortages, have added to its longstanding insecurity and provoked it to amass military power, which it may use to influence the outcome of political struggles around the globe. "By almost any measure, the Soviet Union is a vastly more formidable foe than it was only a decade ago," says the report. This buildup must be countered by increased and constant American defense spending, approximately at 6% of the gross national product. "A strong U.S. military posture remains the first requirement of a comprehensive, long-term U.S. policy...
Buckley journeyed to Schaefer Stadium yesterday for a Patriots press conference. "I've never seen anything like it; the Globe and Herald and everybody who covers the team were there," said Buckley, who, unlike the late pressbox, hasn't gotten used to attention from such luminaries. Despite his sparkling 1980 campaign, the Marblehead native didn't receive the serious consideration he deserved by the national media, especially after the loss to Yale that put a damper on the successful season...
...correctly predicting that the umpires would miss at least one call an inning... After beating Yale and Brown last weekend at the Ivies, the team expected the weekly New England coaches' poll to rank them higher than the usual eighth place, but the poll did not appear in the Globe this week...
...Moines Register and Tribune: "When you damage the credibility of the Post you damage the credibility of the Des Moines Register and every other paper in the country." Shaken, many papers began re-examining their own policies on sources. "We are working at putting something in writing," says Boston Globe Editor Thomas Winship. Nowhere was the process so intense as it was at the Washington Post. Bradlee reminded the staff last week: "The credibility of a newspaper is its most precious asset. It depends on the integrity of its reporters. We must begin immediately the uphill struggle of restoring...