Word: processes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there are rare moments when the truths that seemed self-evident begin to be re-examined. The recalibration is a slow process, and it does not always immediately lead to dramatic consequences. Still, just the act of toying with a previously unimaginable possibility leaves an indelible mark. Even if the surface of life goes on pretty much as before, a seed has been planted that may someday bloom...
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez hailed the Sapoa process as evidence that his regional peace accord, signed last August by five Presidents, is very much alive. "The peace plan was never dead," he said, "even though there may be some who wished to kill it." Arias is trying to build on the momentum of Sapoa, urging others to the bargaining table. Last week he met with members of Guatemala's leftist guerrilla coalition and agreed to act as a mediator in indirect negotiations with the government...
Thousands of criminal offenders routinely petition the President of the U.S. for a pardon. Provided they have served their jail terms, stayed clean for five to seven years, and filled in a four-page form explaining their case, a pardon may be forthcoming -- but the process is likely to take at least three years. Chances are, though, that if Oliver North and his co-defendants in the Iranscam scandal receive pardons, the deal will not happen quite that way. President Reagan will probably grant their petitions with the stroke of a pen, without a three-year wait and perhaps even...
...conviction. Even more significantly, any pretrial pardon for Oliver North and his companions would have great practical consequences. It would head off the possibility that both Reagan and George Bush might be called to testify. Some think such a pardon would be an improper short- circuiting of the legal process...
...most common argument against pardoning the Iranscam defendants is that their actions are too serious to forgive without repentance. "A pardon would say that the democratic process is only a valid one sometimes, and that highly committed patriots can set it aside -- like Dr. Strangelove," notes Ethicist Josephson. He adds, "It would send a message that there are times when we will permit high-level Government officials to lie to Congress. How could we trust anything afterward...