Word: informed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reverses its policy and makes a profound effort to cooperate with the press, then, and only then, can the government expect the country to respond with trust. But the government has broken that trust and placed the press in a position of conducting an all-out war to accurately inform the country. It is up to the administration, through careful cooperation with the press to keep national security interests intact. Otherwise, the best we can hope for is that the next time the President appears on national television, he too will be wearing a lie detector...
President John F. Kennedy was chatting with his four year-old daughter Caroline at approximately 11:50 a.m. on October 16, 1962 when an advisor came into his office to inform him that a medium range ballistic missile launch site" was "installed in west central Cuba...
...dare you suggest that Marcus Dupree [Oct. 31] is a great symbol of college football? As soon as the criticism got a bit heavy, Marcus jumped ship. He did not even have the courtesy to inform the coach he was leaving. That shows what a great symbol he is. Dupree will never make the National Football League...
Because the mastectomy is so firmly entrenched in American medicine, many breast-cancer patients are never told about the alternatives. To remedy this, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Hawaii and Wisconsin have passed laws that specifically require doctors to inform patients of options in treatment before a final decision is made. Even so, reports Hellman, the various approaches are generally offered with "varying degrees of enthusiasm, depending on the physician...
...national emergency caused by attack on US territory or armed forces. Second, when the President is contemplating action (presumably in response to one of the above eventualities), he must "consult" with Congress beforehand, if time permits. Third, after the use of force has begun, the President must inform Congress within 48 hours. Finally, 60 days may pass, during which time the President has control over the forces, but at the conclusion of which ther forces must be withdrawn unless Congress has specifically authorized action...