Word: planned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kissinger. Twelve years out of office, he still commands immense authority, especially in the absence of fresh ideas from official Washington; the Bush Administration's long-awaited "national-security review" of policy toward the U.S.S.R. has turned out to be a prescription for business as usual. But the Kissinger plan is fundamentally flawed. It seeks from the men in the Kremlin something they are already willing to grant -- latitude for diversity and liberalization in the "fraternal" countries of Eastern Europe. And it offers in return assurances that have little to do with the Soviets' real fears -- political deterioration inside...
After weeks of rumblings, federal drug czar William Bennett last week unveiled an $80 million emergency plan for an assault on the drug-and-murder epidemic in Washington. But the proposal looked more like an outline for a skirmish than for an all-out offensive...
Bennett snubbed Washington's embattled local government by failing to invite any of its representatives to the press conference at which the plan was announced. He went on to castigate the administration of Mayor Marion Barry, saying it "has failed to serve its citizens." Finally, he disclosed a set of measures that may put more dealers behind bars but is likely to do little to curb rampant drug use. Local police will get help from 82 federal agents. A 500-bed detention facility will be built in the District and more beds will be available in a federal prison...
...generate controversy over a bad film with poor box-office prospects. "The only thing that the producers have to hang on to is the image of Wired as 'the movie that Hollywood tried to stop,' " says Bernie Brillstein, Belushi's former manager. "I think this is a very good plan to get some excitement for the movie...
...confrontation: defendant and prosecutor, both decorated Marine veterans of Viet Nam, locked in a bitter cross-examination. The Oliver North who endured four days of acerbic questioning by prosecutor John Keker last week did not come across as a selfless patriot used by superiors to carry out a covert plan for assisting the Nicaraguan rebels in defiance of a congressional ban. Instead, North emerged as an evasive witness with a selective memory and unusual personal finances...