Word: patly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whether it is staking out Gary Hart's bedroom, probing the background of an alleged rape victim or pondering the number of months that passed between marriage and childbirth for the wives of Ronald Reagan and televangelist Pat Robertson, the press almost always strikes some people as having gone too far. For others, whose political cause is being advanced either intentionally or inadvertently, the deplorable can suddenly seem delightful. But the real question is not just who benefits from a media decision. Rather, it is whether the media behave thoughtfully and ethically. If news organizations, in the zeal to keep...
...Gorbachev, he realized just how much leverage the U.S. had over the U.S.S.R. on everything from arms control to regional conflicts. When other presidential advisers urged a wait-and-see attitude toward Soviet reform, Baker countered that uncertainty over events in the U.S.S.R. was a reason not to stand pat but to take advantage of changes for the better before there were any changes for the worse. The U.S., he said repeatedly, should move quickly to "lock in" what it likes about what is happening in Soviet policy and politics. In short: deal with Gorbachev while the dealing is good...
...defending political prisoners. When she journeyed to Moscow, Dershowitz asked the radical to speak up on behalf of Soviet Jewry. She refused because " 'they are all Zionist fascists and opponents of socialism.' Davis would urge that they be kept in prison where they belonged." Dershowitz's other targets include Pat Buchanan, Jesse Jackson, Meir Kahane and Norman Podhoretz. All made the mistake of locking horns with a master prosecutor; all come off a bloody second best...
...also helped kill your own mentor, Pasquale ("Pat the Cat") Spirito...
...tried for months to kill him, and for a while that's all we used to talk about. We used to get sick when we'd see him. We'd want to throw up. Pat had bad vibes and knew what was coming. This guy tried to work my head for hours the day before. He had me in a booth in a luncheonette drinking coffee for four hours, making me tell him how much I love him, and it's already set up to kill him the next night. I said, "Pat, what are you talking like this...