Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other journalists hailed Newsweek's actions, their arguments turning to what they called a higher ideal: making the truth known to the public. North was deliberately misleading the public in his testimony, they said, and it was up to the press to safeguard the truth and expose his lies...
...provoked a flurry of attention and virtually guaranteed that it will be a commercial success. But the book is more than just a settling of old scores. It adds up to a stout defense of two now tarnished notions that O'Neill came to epitomize: the New Deal liberal ideal that government's duty is to look out for the little guy, and the virtue of old-fashioned back-room politics...
...postwar generation. Now 79, he is debilitated by a series of illnesses and must clutch a special railing as he makes his way to the podium. Those looking for clues to music's most hotly debated question -- Karajan's eventual successor at the Berlin Philharmonic -- find Salzburg an ideal place to begin speculation...
...straw poll. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt was rewarded with a standing ovation, and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis provoked the most curiosity. But it was Republican Senator Robert Dole of Kansas who got off the most telling line. Referring to the never ending quest of Southern Democrats to find the ideal moderate candidate, Dole observed, "The perfect candidate never runs. And when he does, there's always somebody to take issue with you if you step in the arena...
...agreement were settled, the United States' only option for shielding the continent from Soviet coercion would be a rapid buildup in conventional forces. However ideal, this option would be impractical considering the country's already strained fiscal resources. Nuclear weapons just happen to be cheap, and increasing our expensive conventional armies would wreak havoc on the budget deficit...