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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were remiss in not including the veteran pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, Phil Niekro, 44, among the potential candidates. His knuckleball still fools many hitters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 12, 1983 | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...said that he had "no recollection" of having seen the papers. Last week, despite deriding the idea of using them, he conceded that it was possible he might have passed some papers to Baker without reading them. But he said if Baker did acquire Carter documents, Baker was "remiss" in not telling higher campaign officials about them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mole in the Garbage Can | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...used to shield the council of blame. True, a state law requires the unusually high number of seven councilors to pass zoning changes. But the nine councilors were elected to represent and reconcile the diverse interests of the people of this city --a mandate they have been clearly remiss on in this case...

Author: By Steven R. Swartz, | Title: Danger Zoning | 10/1/1982 | See Source »

...willing to take--or place--the blame for the problems before the completion of the report by Thompson and Lichtner Co., the Boston consulting firm hired by Radcliffe last spring. But Horner insisted last week that "nobody has been remiss in judgment" regarding the leakage problems...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: What's Wrong With the Q-Rac? | 9/25/1982 | See Source »

However, Horner said yesterday that "nobody has been remiss in judgement regarding the leakage problems. She added that the situation was so unusual that the original contractors and experts failed to realize at first the need for the structural analysis now being conducted...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Officials Were Aware Last Year Of Problems at Quad Facility | 9/22/1982 | See Source »

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