Word: manno
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Manno's column appeared on April 1. two days after John W. Hinckley allegedly attempted to assassinate Reagan. "Too bad he missed. That's the result of sending an amateur to do a professional job. I hope he dies," Manno wrote...
Hinckley "just seems to be someone who could get upset and angry enough about the political system to use a bullet to cancel out the ballot. A lot of people feel that way about the system. Including me," Manno wrote...
...Pennsylvanian cancelled Manno's weekly column because of the incident. Andrew J. Kirtzman, executive editor of the Daily Pennsylvanian, said yesterday. "We regret printing the column. The Daily Pennsylvanian has standards which this column did not meet," he added...
...Manno said he resigned from the paper after it's editors stripped him of his column because he did not want to be part of a "paper that didn't stand firm for its first amendment rights...
...Manno said he regrets writing the column. adding "I let my hatred for Reagan the politician overwhelm my respect for Reagan...