Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Government child-welfare agencies expressed relief over the decision. "A contrary ruling would have seriously affected programs and budgetary priorities," explained Benna Ruth Solomon of the State and Local Legal Center in Washington. For child advocates, the opinion was deeply troubling. Said James Weill of the Children's Defense Fund: "It's part of a line of decisions in which the court has indicated significant hostility to legal protections for children." Suits against agencies may still be filed in some state courts, but local laws often permit little or no recourse. In Joshua's case, a Wisconsin statute limits damages...
Even for some Republicans on the committee, Bush had gone too far. When he got to read the FBI report, Warner conceded that the document could readily lead to "credible differences of opinion" on what conclusions could be drawn from it. Bob Dole, who is not on the committee, noted that the President "was not totally accurate" in assessing the report. Nunn observed coldly, "That's the President's opinion, and I'm sure he thought carefully about it. It's not my opinion...
...turning over most of the pro-Tower campaigning to aides led by Frederick McClure, who landed the job of White House congressional liaison only after two other candidates declined to work for Sununu. McClure is a former Tower aide who proved curiously unaware of the Senate's real opinion of his former boss...
...along party lines, Gorey hastens to point out that the flap is not as partisan as it may seem. "Senators are co-workers who see one another daily, travel together and become friends," Gorey explains. "Senators do not exult in the fall of a colleague." Nor, contrary to popular opinion, do journalists such as Gorey. "No one finds joy in the misfortune of politicians. Members of Congress are pretty much like the rest of us," he says, "but less fortunate in one respect. Most of us are not compelled to read about our indiscretions on the front page or hear...
...statistically valid, it indicated that the name change has made some headway.) The name has also found favor with soul-station disk jockeys and college students, who are quick to correct those who refer to the group by any other term. Politicians, prompt as ever to respond to popular opinion, have concocted their own variations. When he was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ron Brown referred to himself as an "American of African descent...