Word: nut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dozen other jurisdictions also condemned Reynolds' course of action. And the N.A.A.C.P. filed its own suit last week to block department interference with the 50 affirmative action programs. It has scheduled a demonstration at Justice this Tuesday to protest Administration civil rights policies. Reynolds "is a right-wing, ideological nut in my judgment," says N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks...
...short speech, dissociating himself from his soloist's unorthodox view of the piece. At his Cleveland Orchestra debut in 1957, he tangled with the irascible maestro George Szell over his use of the soft pedal in a Beethoven concerto; Szell never performed with him after that, but saluted: "That nut's a genius...
...Philadelphia. It was founded, in fact, on Sept. 17, 1884, right there in Philadelphia. To mark the occasion, the AKC put together the largest dog show ever held in North America. It brought more than 8,000 dogs to the Philadelphia Civic Center. Security was tighter than a rusted nut. Tighter than it had been a month before during the vice-presidential debate in the same spot, according to a visitor who attended both...
...Reagan's understudy, Bush has swung back to the right. "I'm a conservative," he says, "but I'm not a nut about it." During the campaign he was an indiscriminate cheerleader for his boss. As Bush said last week, "I am for Mr. Reagan-blindly." He became irritated whenever reporters suggested that he and Reagan were in disagreement. An effective fund raiser (since becoming Vice President, his personal and mail appeals have brought the G.O.P. some $42.6 million), Bush appeared in 32 states in the past two months...
...poetry: public outcry, sensational cover stories and often misinformed media assertions about the ill health of the U.S. judicial system. Once again, it appeared--a view fuelled by the 30 to 40 reporters covering the trial--that justice had sold itself off to the highest bidder, and a nut at that...