Word: imprimatur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Presidents coveted Lippmann's approval and usually felt obliged to respond to his criticism. Both F.D.R. and Truman lashed out bitterly when Lippmann opposed them. John F. Kennedy and his advisers invited Lippmann's advice and political imprimatur. But when a Lippmann column scolded J.F.K.'s policies, the President fumed and asked intimates why he should bother reading press criticisms of his actions. "Well," he answered himself, "it's still Walter Lippmann...
...idea of decriminalizing marijuana has strong support. Of eight expert witnesses testifying before the subcommittee, seven favored removing criminal penalties for possession or use of the drug. But DuPont, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, testified under instructions not to place the White House imprimatur on such a move. While expressing personal misgivings about the existing criminal penalties for marijuana, he said that any move to lessen the penalties might well be interpreted as a sign that marijuana is safe. That would be unwise, he said, in light of the contents of a 193-page report, Marijuana and Health, compiled...
...ripple-effect, as well as the brownout, also hangs heavily over the negotiations at Washington's Hay-Adams Hotel--a place Miller aides and coal operators will see more of after yesterday's failure by the 38 regional representatives to put their imprimatur to a second, fattened industry offer. The strike has already idled more than 23,000 workers in the steel industry and coal-hauling railroads, had a hand in last week's laying-off of 130,000 auto workers and, by Government estimates, could add as many as 400,000 workers to the country's six-per-cent...
...Special Prosecutor he himself had appointed only seven months before. The prosecutor pleaded for a ruling to compel the release of evidence that might hasten Richard Nixon's removal from office by impeachment. The President, through his advocate, sought protection from such an order, plus the court's imprimatur on his very special view of presidential prerogatives...
...most of the people on their list, including former Foreign Minister Menassie Haile, 44, onetime ambassador to Washington, and Ras Asrata Kassa, 56, who is Haile Selassie's closest adviser. In meetings with Endalkachew and the Emperor, the committee dictated terms that were hastily accepted. These include an imprimatur over six key ministries, including Defense and Interior; amnesty for political prisoners; plus a special session of Parliament to carry out constitutional reform...