Word: journalist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kalb's appointment was announced this May, and he officially crossed the threshhold from journalist to scholar on June 1. But his experiences in Washington as NBC's chief diplomatic correspondent figure prominently in his plans for the Center...
...weeks before the Hasenfus plane was shot down alone two Administration actions were made public which neatly capture all that is wrong and odious in the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran and the diversion of profits from that sale to the contras. First, there was the case of journalist Nicholas P. Daniloff '56, arrested in Moscow by the Soviet Union on trumped-up espionage charges in retaliation for the arrest of a real Soviet spy working out of the United Nations...
Much of the criticism of the Reagan Administration's push for a 600-ship Navy has been that it is designed for a dubious new mission: threatening the Soviet mainland during the early stages of a superpower showdown. Journalist Jack Beatty, writing in the May issue of the Atlantic magazine, argues that the Navy should concentrate more on its less glamorous time-honored role -- which happens to be what the Stark was doing last week. One problem, however, is that the vulnerability and cost of America's large aircraft carriers mean that the Navy does not feel safe stationing...
...that could launch swarms of fighter planes became the dominant sea weapon in World War II. Although the Reagan Administration has committed the U.S. to a 600-ship Navy with 15 carriers, some strategists consider flattops to be expensive behemoths. The problem with surface ships, argues Jack Beatty, a journalist and critic of the buildup, is that "instead of being attackers they become targets...
Senate Select Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye has one. So does Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh. So, too, does just about every journalist, congressional staffer and attorney investigating the labyrinthine intricacies of the Iran-contra scandal. Known simply as the Chron, the 678-page paperback (Warner Books; $5.95) has become the ultimate viewer's guide to the hearings...