Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said they had at least six other firm supporters. But even if they can block the transaction, there will be no real victors. As Reagan said in his press conference: "Other countries must not get a perception that we are being unduly influenced one way or the other with regard to foreign policy." And American relations and influence with the Saudis, who will probably end up buying similar surveillance planes from the British, will be strained...
Most members of TIME'S Board of Economists regard a U.S. return to the gold standard as a distant and potentially dangerous goal. They maintain that such a move would probably force the Federal Reserve to try to make dollars more valuable by holding down the money supply and pushing up interest rates. Such action would, of course, crush businesses heavily dependent on borrowed funds and substantially boost unemployment. The dollar would be under particular pressure whenever conflicts like the Iran-Iraq war caused wealthy Arabs and other panicky investors to seek the safety of the yellow metal. Warns...
...recommending doctors felt that the nurse who was raped had "asked for it," whether they thought their colleague had "learned his lesson," whether they merely forgot to mention the conviction, or whether--as one doctor said last week--they did not consider it "directly relevant," they certainly did not regard the rape conviction with the degree of severity it ought to provoke...
Many of the same problems apply to the selection of grand juries, which hear a prosecutor's presentation of a case and then decide whether a suspect should be indicted. Grand juries are supposed to protect citizens against intimidating prosecutions, but many experts now regard them as a needless anachronism and an opportunity for prosecutorial excess. Most states no longer require their use, but the federal courts and 22 states still insist upon them for serious crimes...
Despite the irritations, most of the twelve jurors and six alternates accepted their fate with equanimity. One reason was that Judge Ben K. Miller made a special effort to bar any juror who would regard the long sequestration as a genuine hardship. Says he: "I simply don't think that anyone who is angry or resentful will be an impartial juror. And there is the risk that he might taint the rest of the jury...