Word: koch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cleared the way for the U.S. to support Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. By late 1982, however, growing evidence that an Iraqi- backed group was behind a wave of bombings against U.S. targets led to a mini-revolt in the American government. "I was very upset," says Noel Koch, then the Pentagon's top official for counterterrorism policy and now a security-management consultant. "I called my colleagues at State and asked, 'What the hell are we doing?' " They didn't like the policy either, but the decision to tilt toward Iraq in the war had been made...
...prior job experience as New York's mayor makes me the perfect candidate for the Harvard presidency. If you choose someone else, though, that's okay too--you wouldn't believe how much money I'm making now. Sincerely, Ed Koch former Hizzoner...
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...York City's ex-mayor opposed the civil rights bill, explaining, "Anything that Ted Kennedy does other than teach swimming is always something you ought to look at twice." He also called the Senator a murderer. Said a Kennedy spokesman: "I don't think anyone takes Koch seriously...
...tourists and bring $73 million to the city. In print and TV spots, JAL portrays New York City as a nonthreatening, nonstop party town. Apologetic city officials say they don't have a record of the request. The incident has left airline executives feeling nostalgic about ex-Mayor Ed Koch, who would "always take a moment to pose for a picture with our people...