Word: interpretative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rule and his disastrous economic policies during the Great Leap Forward of 1958-60. Some observers took this as an attack on Deng's own leadership. Said one Asian diplomat: "I can't believe Deng wanted that old speech to be printed. It is too easy to interpret as an attack on himself...
...regain his composure before addressing the audience of dignitaries. "Do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished?" asked Wiesel. "Do I have the right to accept this great honor on their behalf? I do not. No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. And yet, I sense their presence. I always do -- and at this moment more than ever." Afterward, Wiesel explained why his usual eloquence had briefly failed him. "I saw my words become visible," he said. "I had written the speech for my father...
...judge with the lawgiver," Meese argued that although high-court decisions made "constitutional law," they were not synonymous with the Constitution itself. Neither were they even the last word on the meaning of its provisions. Each of the three branches of government, he said, "has a duty to interpret the Constitution in the performance of its official functions...
Meese made a name for himself as a tough law-and-order prosecutor in San Diego. If implemented, though, his theory would undermine the rule of law and subvert social order across the land. It would allow citizens, officials and judges nationwide to ignore past High Court rulings and interpret the Constitution as they...
...Republicans, holding on to the majority could help protect the Reagan Revolution from paralysis for another two years, giving the party momentum as it heads into the '88 sweepstakes. Democrats would interpret a Republican defeat in the Senate as a sign of the public's dissatisfaction with Reagan's policies. An intransigent Democratic majority could thwart the Administration's legislative agenda, turning the President into a genuine lame duck and perhaps stealing some of the thunder from the Republicans in the contest to succeed Reagan...