Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wily Deng, 82, seemed to be using his lifelong tactic of playing off the major political factions against one another in order to stay on top. After Hu's removal, the Chinese press continued to hold Deng up as the leading opponent of "bourgeois liberalization" -- the adoption of Western values that was the main sin of both Hu and the students. Deng, according to a party document made available to Western reporters last week, had been an early critic of the ex-party chief's six major "errors," one of which was that he encouraged too much buying of consumer...
...down in 1986) for what he called "Operation Recovery." The plan reveals the Marine officer's talent for military logistics and his naivete about geopolitics. For a month North had planes, missiles and money hopscotching all over the globe to deliver weapons to supposedly moderate elements in Iran in order to bring about the release of the American hostages. Although Iran received 1,000 TOW antitank missiles as a result of his efforts, no Americans were freed...
...courtesy, Seymour telephoned Deaver's attorneys on Tuesday to inform them of the impending indictments. But Deaver's lawyers, led by former Nixon Attorney Herbert ("Jack") Miller, beat Seymour to the courthouse the following morning. After hearing their arguments, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued an order blocking any indictments until the constitutional issues have been examined at a hearing in early March...
...take the job? For Baker it was a call to duty. The President had offered him "the most sensitive position in his personal entourage." Given the chance to help put Reagan's troubled affairs in order, Baker said, "I didn't see how I could turn that down." Although accepting the appointment means he must give up the race for President, it puts Howard Baker in the White Houseafter...
...Tories point out, who outlawed insider trading in 1980. Moreover, because of the comprehensive financial- services law passed last November by the Conservative-led Parliament, judges can now jail those who, under oath, refuse to answer questions that involve insider trading. "Ours is the party of law-and-order," asserted Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in the House of Commons. "The government is determined to prevent, detect and punish wrongdoing wherever it may occur." His speech was greeted by hoots and guffaws from the opposition...