Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mfanasibili charged that several members of the royal house had plotted to assassinate their future King. The weapon of choice, according to Mfanasibili, was a witch doctor, who was sent to England to hunt down the prince and poison him. As a result of Mfanasibili's charges, several princes loyal to the ousted Queen regent were detained without trial, as were a handful of ranking Swazi officials, including police and army chiefs...
...President Rod Canion, 42, seems ready for the challenge. Only 4 1/2 years ago Canion, a former Texas Instruments engineer, joined two associates to found Compaq. He led the company to quick success by bringing out compact, top-performing IBM-compatible machines at competitive prices and by cultivating a loyal network of dealers. Today the company (1986 revenues: $625 million) is enjoying its second year in the FORTUNE 500 (ranking: No. 409). Its $51 million in profits for the first six months of 1987 represents a 185% gain over the year earlier...
...disclosed at the hearings, had even written Reagan when the furor erupted last November to ask that he fire Shultz. Recounted the Secretary: "Everybody was saying I'm disloyal to the President . . . I could see people were calling for me to resign . . . I was the one who was loyal to the President because I was the one who was trying to get him the facts so he could make a decision...
...under oath, had not been told that profits from the ill-conceived arms deals with Iran were diverted to support the Nicaraguan contras. "I made a very deliberate decision not to ask the President so that I could insulate him from the decision and provide some future deniability," the loyal admiral insisted. Then he lit his pipe, sending up a puff of white smoke. "The buck stops here with...
...Poindexter had played by the rules. As a vice admiral in the U.S. Navy, he was regarded as a painstakingly efficient officer who paid scrupulous attention to the chain of command, never challenging his superiors, always following orders to the letter. Indeed, one commanding officer characterized Poindexter as "totally loyal and trustworthy, and a thorough briefer who rarely interjected his own viewpoints." But as Ronald Reagan's National Security Adviser from December 1985 to November 1986, Poindexter told his questioners last week, he broke that pattern. In February 1986, after just two months on the job, he decided to usurp...