Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least five people were crushed to death and more than 200 were injured. The confusion at Belo Horizonte was in contrast to the order that had marked the transition of power to the new President, Jose Sarney, who had been Neves' Vice President. Sarney, a personable, well-read politician, is viewed in political circles as a competent administrator who lacks Neves' talent for building a consensus. Indeed, some Brazilians fear that he will be unable to hold the economically troubled country together...
...testament to Gorbachev's brilliance as a politician that he could preside over four years of failure in agriculture and still come out smelling like a rose. He has the confidence of the Soviet bureaucracy because they believe he is a true believer. He isn't going to change the system. He is going to try to make it work better...
...tiger has grown tired and has decided to struggle up in front of the white man's fire. Cleaver currently writes for stodgy publications like Buckley's The National Review. He roundly criticized Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaign, calling him a "ruthless politician on the make." Last year, he ran as a conservative independent in a race for the House of the Representatives in the eight district of California, hoping to split than Black vote with the incumbent Democrat. Ronald Dellums, and allow the Republican challenger to sneak in the back door. Along with the rest of his former opinions...
...that only a Nixon could have withdrawn U.S. forces from a conflict with a Soviet proxy and accepted a cease-fire that left thousands of Communist insurgents far beyond their legal borders, in place for an eventual onslaught. By the time the 1973 Paris accords were signed, any prudent politician might have had enough doubts about South Viet Nam's survival to start shifting blame to others for having "lost" an ally. Hawks like Nixon assailed doves for cutting military aid. The doves replied that they were facing up to the reality of the hawks' failure on the battlefield...
...agents swooped down last week on a luxurious ranch-style home in the capital of San Jose. Inside they found $40,000 in cash, $150,000 in traveler's checks and a gold-plated pistol. They also discovered Sara Cosio Martinez, the 17-year-old niece of a Mexican politician, who had apparently been kidnaped earlier this month. Best of all, the police arrested Mexican Drug King Rafael Caro Quintero, 32, also known as El Chapo (Shorty). Said U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese: "We're dealing with one of the major drug traffickers in the world...