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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...honest politician, according to the old Tammany Hall proscription, is one who stays bought...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Noriega's Big Mistake | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...this guideline, Gen. Manuel "Pineapple" Noriega, the thief-king of Panama, is not an honest politician. True, he is many things besides. He is a drug-dealer, murderer, petty tyrant, arms dealer, money launderer, and thief. All and all, an unsavory character. Not a strong candidate for canonization...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Noriega's Big Mistake | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Every politician in Washington, it seemed, wanted to be counted among supporters of the protesters. Seven House members sent Spilman a letter expressing their concern. Presidential contenders from George Bush to Jesse Jackson to Paul Simon weighed in with support for the naming of a deaf college president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: This Is the Selma of the Deaf | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...People began showing up at about 1:30 and never numbered more than 500. Adolfo, a shop clerk, viewed the crowd from the safety of the store and then explained why. "I want Noriega out, but my getting beat up isn't going to accomplish that." Observed a veteran politician: "Panamanians won't take the suffering. We are a bourgeois society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama The Big Squeeze | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Director Richard Thornburgh, former governor of Pennsylvania, said a political union at Harvard would help students to improve their public speaking. "I'm a working politician," said the administrator. "The process thrives on debate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IOP Plans Monthly Student Debates Based on Model of Oxford Union | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

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