Word: intentionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plot was, well, odd. The conspirators included a gay vigilante, a mystery-man gunrunner with the novelish name of Sydney Burnett-Alleyne, a nurse cum spy with Irish Republican Army connections, and an ousted Prime Minister with alleged ties to South African industrialists. The gang, it appears, was intent on a coup to capture the impoverished Caribbean island of Dominica (pop. 81,000), a true banana republic (70% of exports) that is physically no bigger than Lexington...
...April 30 Crimson) that the attack on East Asian Research Center associate Dr. Ngo Vinh Long '68 calls for scrupulous investigation by the appropriate authorities. Harvard Police officer Thomas Simas has made a complaint to the District Court against one Ngo Nghia "for the crime of Assault with Intent to Commit Murder." Prosecution proceedings, originally scheduled for May 1, are being delayed, and the accused has been released from custody on $1000 bail...
...Crimson last night, said he regretted that his piece offended anyone. He said he "tried to write the piece in a tongue-in-cheek style, but evidently it didn't come off that way. I apologize for having hurt anyone's feelings, as that was not my intent...
...savage blast in the Liberation Army Daily against the now banned Unrequited Love, the regime also signaled its intent to make liberal artists toe the party line. In the first place, the commentary charged that the script was rife with "anarchy, extreme individualism and bourgeois liberalism." It even took aim at the movie's recurrent image of flying geese in formation-a sinister symbol of emigration from China. Furthermore, it said, the gloomy picture that Unrequited Love drew of the Cultural Revolution besmirched the party's leadership. Said the commentary: "Criticizing mistakes of the party is not patriotism...
...generous to two men who acted on high principle to bring an end to the terrorism that was threatening our nation." But in granting the pardon, Reagan went so far as to dispute the jury's findings. "The record demonstrates," he said, "that they acted not with criminal intent, but in the belief that they had grants of authority reaching to the highest levels of Government." That was too much for Special Prosecutor John Nields, already miffed by the White House's failure to consult him before acting. Said Nields: "Whoever wrote that 'criminal intent' language...