Word: mischiefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White Mischief by James Fox. As the sun sets luridly on the British Empire, circa 1940, Kenya colonials go to pieces in a scandalous, riveting tale of murder and retribution...
James P. McGinnis '85, an official with the conference, said that participants generally learned a lot, and that only about one percent of the approximately 1400 delegates were responsible for any mischief...
...more than mere shorthand. They are used to prevent thought. They do so by instantly conjuring up a whole complex of circumstances and feelings to be drawn automatically from one situation and plugged into another. For "another Iran," read: hostages, helplessness, humiliation. For "another Cuba," read: adventurism, revolution, proxy mischief. For "another Afghanistan," read: imperialism, superpower bullying, disrespect for the rule of law. (For "another Nicaragua," see "another Cuba," above...
...advisers argue that the high stakes and legitimate objectives in each case justify the perils. The invasion of Grenada was necessary, they say, to protect the lives of Americans. But in fact the Marines' mission had a more brazen goal. U.S. timidity in recent years has encouraged Soviet mischief in diverse parts of the world. Particularly in the Caribbean, the U.S. has felt it has a responsibility to stand up against hostile influences and ensure that there are "no more Cubas." The Administration seized on the situation in Grenada to demonstrate, after years of near paralysis, that...
...national experience." Charles Rowe, editor of the Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star, noted that the clearance rules will enable future officials to review the proposed public statements of earlier ones and protested, "If an Administration can censor the comments and criticism of its predecessors, the potential for political mischief is frightening...