Word: legacyism
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The shortest route to a conviction is to get the accused to cry out, "I did it." Sometimes police and prosecutors have been tempted to whip the suspect down that road with anything from a subtle threat to a back-room clubbing. For that reason, courts have long held that...
Colin Powell, current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Bob Gates, now Scowcroft's deputy, were not directly touched by Ford, but his special brotherhood took them in as they moved through the Reagan years. Of the six men named above, one is President, and three others -- Baker...
Playing in the shadow of last year's NCAA championship, the newcomers to this team find the legacy a bit overwhelming. When Downing arrived at tryouts a few weeks ago, this pressure was apparent.
When John Cheever died in 1982, he left a legacy of 12 books. Eleven cannot fail to enhance his reputation; one is likely to erode it. The Journals of John Cheever is not scheduled to be published by Knopf until November, but four long excerpts have already appeared in the...
If the uprisings succeed, Iraq could find itself dismembered, with the Kurds running the north, the Shi'ites the south, and Saddam's Sunni faction relegated to the strip in between. That in turn might invite neighboring Turkey, Syria and Iran to take a bite out of the country. Thus...