Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THERE is one truth you will never hear spoken this election year. To admit it would guarantee defeat at the hands of a populace that values unfounded optimism more than reasoned pragmatism...
...unfortunate and unsettling to hear the vice president of the United States taunting his opponent for vetoing a bill which would require public school teachers to lead their students in the pledge. It is almost comical to see these two candidates falling all over themselves in an effort to salute the flag and place hand upon heart...
...more is expected, than maybe youth will rise to the challenge--keeping sparkling clean records with no tales we would be embarrassed to hear on the evening news. If we forgo the embarrassments and pleasures that accrue to those having few responsibilities, we will miss out on one of life's rarest, most precious opportunities--freedom from mortgages to pay, families to raise and daily jobs to work...
...British crown colony of Gibraltar. Last week a coroner's inquest opened into the March 6 killing of another three-member I.R.A. team by a squad from the British army's antiterrorist Special Air Services regiment. The inquest is expected to last a month and hear testimony from more than 70 witnesses, including seven SAS members who were involved in the killings. The seven, identified only as Soldiers A through G, will testify from behind a curtain in the witness box, within sight of only the coroner, lawyers and an eleven-member jury...
...industry grows, hot lines are catering to increasingly specific audiences. Anglers in Ohio can call the 976-FISH line to find out what's biting. Superstitious residents of New York City can ring up the 976-TARO (short for tarot) to hear their fortunes, while nonsmokers can call 540- LUNG to find out about the latest tobacco-industry liability cases. Customers with Touch-Tone phones can program a wake-up service in which the customer will be greeted by a sultry recorded voice ("Time to wake up, tiger...