Word: informant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sullivan said yesterday that "it's hard to know what happened in this case. There should definitely be a council hearing, not to make any determination of guilt or innocence, but inform the legislative body of What is going on in the city, and what steps should be taken." he added...
...other controversies were also in the news during this period, one over the so-called White House "plumbers," assigned to stanch leaks of information, the other over the wiretapping of individuals suspected of being responsible for such leaks. As Kissinger writes: "No doubt Administrations tend to confuse what is embarrassing politically with what is essential for national security-the Nixon Administration perhaps more than most. But few Administrations since the Civil War faced a more bitter assault on their purposes, a more systematic attempt to thwart their policies by civil disobedience or a more widely encouraged effort to sabotage policies...
...Administration's belief that it is the only branch of government with substantive power is both misguided and pernicious. In particular, we feel it imperative that Secretary Watt learn he is not the only playmaker on the court. Perhaps a short course in history and constitutional law would inform attorney Watt he is not entitled to use government money at his own whim, nor to adjudicate whether or not his use of the funds is legal, nor to rewrite the powers of Congress. Failing a hasty assimilation of that knowledge, we think it might be high time that, in short...
...rent board's computer has not completed calculating the specific increase designed to compensate landlords for increased heating costs in each building, Imparato said, adding that landlords must inform their tenants of the new rent levels within 30 days after receiving the notices...
...determined to go ahead; the difference between the various deployment schemes was now down to a quibble. As a sign of his good will, he said, I could inform Golda Meir that he would not exercise his right to keep 30 tanks across the Canal. The principle that Egypt had the right to maintain its major weapons on its own soil had been established; he would not use it. Then, dramatically, he asked me to take a personal message to Golda. He dictated it on the spot; it was the first direct message in 26 years from an Egyptian head...