Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the court of public opinion returns its verdict, it should consider the role of a heretofore unindicted co-conspirator: a pervasive, insidious force--a constant presence powerful enough to impose its will on the so-called free press. That presence was wielding its influence before the hostage crisis, and it's quietly exerting pressure today...
...There is a newspaper war of sorts in New York City, home to both the venerable El Diario/La Prensa (circ. 70,000) and the upstart Noticias del Mundo (circ. 57,000), owned by the publishing arm of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. In Los Angeles, La Opinion (60,000) competes against Noticias' West Coast edition (30,000). The Midwest is served by Chicago's El Manana Daily (45,000). Miami's Diario Las Americas, founded in 1953, finds its biggest challenger in the Miami Herald, which publishes a daily Spanish-language supplement called El Herald. Begun...
...citizens and people with "urgently" required skills. In 1980 Congress also passed a Refugee Act that allowed the admission of as many as 70,000 additional people annually who have a "well- founded fear of persecution" on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. The definition of exactly who qualifies as a refugee under those rules remains highly controversial. Last year 61,750 official refugees were admitted...
...example, by securing the release of the American hostages before the Lebanese prisoners were let go. The Administration could rightly argue, too, that Israel was going to free the Lebanese prisoners anyway and that the hijacking only delayed their release. Such subtleties would probably be lost on world opinion, which would see only a straightforward swap. Nonetheless, Israel took a step in that direction Sunday when it announced that it was releasing 31 of the detainees early this week while denying that the gesture had been precipitated by the hostage crisis in Beirut...
...mostly Shi'ite Lebanese detainees whose release was demanded by the hijackers of TWA Flight 847, Israel seemed to hold the key to freedom for the 40 captured Americans in Beirut. If Jerusalem refused to assist its most powerful ally, it ran the risk of alienating U.S. public opinion. Yet by cooperating in a trade, Israel would violate its longstanding rule against dealing with terrorists, even though it had announced its intention to release the captives before the hijacking occurred...