Word: messe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other elements of the Iran-contra scandal will continue to play out even as the Reagan Administration is eclipsed by the election campaign. Last year public opinion was divided about whether the Iran-contra mess was a political dispute or a serious abuse of power. The charges against North and his associates mean that a jury must decide whether this national hero, as Reagan called him, is simply a criminal. North and Poindexter could be standing trial on Election Day, and the evidence against them -- as well as the suspicion that the President will pardon them -- could play a pivotal...
Liotta: Yeah, when you have a guy who has won two Academy Awards writing [screenwriter Alvin Sargent, who won Oscars for Ordinary people and Julia], you don't want to mess with his words too much. If anything, the things that might not have been there are the connections that Tom [Hulce] and I had. But we pretty much worked with the words throughout. There might have been some ad-libbing here and there. It was more our relationship that brought those words to life...
Because they would only be chosen for one year terms, our Presidents wouldn't have time to mess anything up, and, of course, our system of checks and balances would take care of anyone too off-the-wall. But the most positive aspect of the lottery would be the chance for different interest groups to win some representation. An Armenian President would focus on the Armenian situation in the U.S.S.R. and would have the means to talk to Gorbachev about the problem. An elderly person as President could strengthen Social Security during their term in office. A teacher could give...
Then came the Bakker mess, first the revelation of the PTL leader's adultery and then of his hush-money payments and mismanagement. The avenging angel took wing again. Swaggart passed word to denominational leaders of an impending Charlotte Observer report on the hush money and pressed for a cleanup. He declared the scandal to be a "cancer that needs to be excised from the body of Christ...
...reaction was typical of many city dwellers: he crossed to the other side of the street. But before the 38-year-old gay poet could get safely out of range, one of the men suddenly came after him."Hey, you faggot bitch," the man called out, "I'll mess you up." Running over, he knocked Sugar to the pavement and began kicking him in the back. As Sugar lay on the ground, another man ran over and stole his wallet...