Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...page opinion, Judge George MacKinnon cited testimony presented at the trial that some Post employees "deliberately slanted, rejected and ignored evidence contrary to the false premise of the story." In addition, he singled out Bob Woodward, the supersleuth of Watergate, who helped oversee the story. "A reasonable inference is that Woodward, as editor, wanted from his reporters the same kind of stories on which he built his own reputation: high- impact investigative stories of wrongdoing," wrote MacKinnon. "Regardless of whether one chooses to characterize this policy as conducive to . . . 'sophisticated muckraking,' it certainly is relevant to the inquiry of whether...
...that federal authorities had found insufficient evidence to prosecute. Janklow argued that the article then falsely implied he had prosecuted Banks on riot and assault charges in reprisal for the rape accusation. A federal judge in South Dakota had ruled that any such implication would be an expression of opinion protected by the Constitution, but the appeals court said that it was a factual assertion that could be considered libelous...
Questions persist that once seemed, at least to the Left, to have simple answers. Did the people of South Viet Nam really want Communism? The 1 million people who have risked their lives to escape the regime have stated their opinion. Did the American bombing of Cambodia, as some contend, really cause Pol Pot's unthinkable holocaust? A Khmer Rouge leader and theoretician named Khieu Samphan actually formulated the ideological foundation for the genocide long before the Americans started bombing. Pol Pot, once in power, set in motion the "Year Zero" program that led to the extermination of one-fourth...
...game, Thompson had observed, "There are 50,000 ways of educating people," though this one could hardly have occurred to him. Since two of the other three teams in the Final Four were twice-beaten Big East rivals, Georgetown's dominance was a matter of record as well as opinion. Declaring Memphis State the secular national champion, country Coach Dana Kirk quickly left the tournament to these city Catholics. The untidiness of Kirk's 52-45 semifinal loss to Villanova obscured his prophecy: "If they're a Cinderella team, Cinderella wears boots...
...adoringly to their breast, and more than one national organization has concluded that freckle- faced Guard Chris Mullin is the finest player in the country. He won the John Wooden player-of-the-year award, but it would probably be best if nobody asks UCLA's old coach his opinion. Of 148 sportswriters and broadcasters consulted by U.P.I., only 39 selected the 7-ft. center Ewing, who has now lifted his team to three final games and is beyond question the most significant college player since Bill Walton...