Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...States Congress. They are shocked to discover that budget deficits are going on in Washington. They have had recourse to a helpful old political appliance, something that might be called the Moral Dissociator. This device, a sort of reality override, is always useful in tight spots. It makes the politician disappear, and then materialize again on the other side of the room, the safer side...
Into the gap between words and actions has fallen many a politician, as two more discovered to their sorrow last week...
...activities. Many of them are campesinos, who are picked up in groups of 15 or 20 and may be held for more than a month. The Sandinistas are also increasing pressure on members of independent labor unions, the Roman Catholic Church and opposition political parties. Says a Social Christian politician: "We can't have meetings. Members are threatened with death regularly. Their houses are painted with skulls and crossbones and the legend A CONTRA LIVES HERE...
...while on active duty, signed antiwar petitions and called for the dismissal of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. He described their actions as "the first signs of mutiny" and "something we have never witnessed before." Acting Attorney General Meir Gabay named a team of investigators to decide whether Journalist-Politician Uri Avnery should be prosecuted for slipping into West Beirut to meet with Yasser Arafat...
...Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini: The chances for peace appear slim because Khomeini is a politician, not a man of principle. As time goes by, he is beginning to reveal his superficiality. The more he talks, the more he makes himself a laughingstock. I wish the whole world would read his statements to form an impression of this shallow devil. The actions he has carried out do not indicate that he is a rational person...