Word: imbroglios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Imbroglio...
...that the briefing book imbroglio has been thrust into national consciousness, the Reagan Administration can regain its full credibility only by ensuring that investigations go forward. If there is housecleaning to be done, the President has already demonstrated-most recently in the EPA scandal-that he can do it, however reluctantly and unapologetically. He stands by his characterization of the ruckus as "much ado about nothing. " But Reagan has already said what Richard Nixon could never quite bring himself to say about Watergate. Promised Reagan: "If, when the investigation is over and the truth is known, it is necessary...
...cause of the imbroglio was an example of just what Fiallos had been worrying about. In late November the Harvard-educated lawyer gave an unusually outspoken interview to Managua's independent daily La Prensa, in which he urged the Sandinistas to make a "dramatic change" in their policies if they want to maintain international credibility. But the government promptly banned newspaper publication of the interview, scheduled to appear Dec. 10. As Fiallos told TIME Correspondent Ross H. Munro last week, "During my frequent visits to Nicaragua, I saw the deteriorating situation in our country and transmitted my worries...
...stands, leonine in her splendor, arms akimbo, before a room of unconscious noble men and women. Overcome with the ennui which plagues her class, she had stepped outside for a smoke while the guests of her sister-in-law, the Grafina Spielstein, chattered pointlessly. Her husband, the Duke de Imbroglio is off in search of young children, as he is wont to do after a drink or two. The Contessa has reentered after only a few minutes to find her fellow nobles blitzed on some non-medicinal herb. She is disgusted and lonely. She spits on the nearest insensate pate...
...third irony suggested by the CBS-White House imbroglio concerns the President's perverse view of federal regulation For much of its 15 months in office, the Administration has sought the repeal of the ICC's "fairness doctrine" which it viewed as an unwarranted on the broadcast industry. Now that Ronald Reagan has been wronged, that doesn't matter...