Word: pointblank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same time, Volcker has repeatedly refused to say whether he would accept reappointment to another term. At last week's House Banking Committee hearing, New York Democrat John LaFalce asked him pointblank: "Are you seeking reappointment?" Replied Volcker: "I don't want to get into that...
Volcker's term as Federal Reserve chairman expires in August, and both Washington and Wall Street have been anxiously wondering whether he will serve another four years. He throws up smokescreens when the subject arises. Last week, when Tennessee Senator James Sasser asked Volcker pointblank whether he would be seeking reappointment, the Fed chief replied laconically, "I don't seek jobs...
There were only the sounds of mourning and the bodies, sprawling heaps of corpses: men, women and children. Some had been shot in the head at pointblank range. Others had had their throats cut. Some had their hands tied behind their backs; one young man had been castrated. Middle-aged women and girls as young as three, their arms and legs grotesquely splayed, were draped across piles of rubble. Portions of their heads were blown away. One woman was found clutching an infant to her body; the same bullet that tore through her chest had also killed the baby. Said...
During a 45-min. meeting with Kohl Thursday evening, Schmidt tried to convince him that a quick, clean contest might result in an absolute Christian Democratic majority-and a mandate to govern without F.D.P. support. Kohl was noncommittal. Schmidt then summoned Genscher and told him pointblank that he had "lost political confidence" in the Free Democrats...
...prime assassination target. Fortunately for him, the man who called at his apartment pretending to be a corporate recruiter bungled the job. Tafoya, 47, a 23-year veteran of the Army and the Marines, who fought in Viet Nam, fired at Zagallai at least twice at pointblank range but succeeded only in blinding him in one eye. Four months later, the .22-cal. pistol used in the attack was found nearby and was easily traced to Tafoya, who was arrested at his home in Truth or Consequences, N. Mex., in April. Tafoya has variously claimed that he acted in self...