Word: harshe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they chose Democrat Carl Levin, 44, former president of the Detroit city council and a party regular, over Republican Senator Robert Griffin, a skillful parliamentarian and his party's Senate whip. At the same time, Michigan's voters stuck with an able Republican Governor, William Milliken, 56, despite a harsh campaign against him by Democrat William Fitzgerald, who even blamed Milliken for a public scare over Michigan farmers' use of the controversial pesticide PBB. Replied Milliken during the campaign: "It's a terrible thing to pander to people's fears." He finally won with 57% of the vote-his largest...
...easy scapegoat for the concerned parents of American drug addicts and the U.S. administration. It is certainly ironic that "Midnight Express" puts the country once again in the culprit's seat: this time not because it is lax in its regulation of opium cultivation, but because it is harsh with misguided foreigners who try to smuggle hashish out of the country. If Billy Hayes got a "raw deal" from the Turkish government, this was due not to any wickedness on the part of the Turks, but to the constant American pressure on Turkey which led to the government's decision...
...guarantee a pro-South African regime in Namibia, Vorster announced that Pretoria would forge ahead with an "internal settlement." Last week, top foreign-policy makers of the Big Five, headed by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, called on Vorster's hard-lining successor, Pieter W. Botha, with a harsh message: either go along with the West's independence plan or face U.N.-imposed* economic sanctions...
...stern warning was delivered in sweetly reasonable tones. To avoid ruffling Botha, the U.S. delegation did not include U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, who is thoroughly detested by South Africa's white leaders. Vance delivered a personal message from Jimmy Carter implying that the U.S. would tone down its harsh criticisms of South Africa's apartheid policy if Botha accepted the U.N. plan. Further underscoring the West's flexibility, the Big Five spokesmen agreed to a number of South African demands: a renegotiation of the size of the U.N. peace-keeping force that is to move into Namibia...
Freidel said in his years as chairman of the department of History, Gilmore remained "exceedingly fair, with never a harsh word no matter what the crisis...