Word: reno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conflicting statements on whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms knew Koresh had been tipped off before its initial February raid; ATF head Stephen Higgins promptly expressed a willingness to resign. And during a hearing in the House, Michigan Congressman John Conyers Jr. exploded at Attorney General Janet Reno, calling the government's actions "a profound disgrace to law enforcement" and implying she was trying to "rationalize" the deaths. With emotion, Reno responded, "I feel more strongly about ((them)) than you will ever know...
...plan that will affect one-seventh of the American economy. Her tackling of a nearly $1 trillion-a-year problem is accompanied by the sound of glass ceilings breaking as women empowered by the Clinton Administration rise to new positions of influence and opportunity. The new Attorney General, Janet Reno, last week demonstrated more courage and strength than any of her recent predecessors. At the same time, women in the armed forces celebrated a Pentagon decision to allow female pilots and sailors to go into combat. Topping it all off, the President boasted last week that women account...
...distancing anybody from anything." But by the time Larry King came round, she still hadn't heard from her boss. "They kept missing each other," was the official White House explanation. The next day Stephanopoulos began to retreat from the retreat as best he could. Clinton rejected calls for Reno to resign just because "some religious fanatics murdered themselves," and called for investigations at Justice and the Treasury Department. The House Judiciary Committee announced it would hold hearings as well...
...marked contrast to Attorney General Janet Reno's swift admission of FBI error in last week's raid, ATF director Stephen Higgins refuses to admit to flawed judgment. Last week members of congressional investigating committees suggested either closing down the ATF's law-enforcement operations or merging the ATF, now a branch of the Treasury Department, with the Justice Department. Agency morale is devastated. Says Troy: "We have frustrated, hurt agents, involved in collective guilt. We're dealing with a highly traumatic situation...
...medieval castle that looks like Cinderella's at Disney World. The hotel that Bugsy Siegel built, the Flamingo, is now owned by Hilton. Characters like Benny Binion, who bragged of killing those who crossed him, and Bill Harrah, who in his 60s drag-raced with teenagers on Reno streets, have been displaced by quiet, invisible graduates of business schools. The last convicted felon to be spotted by a local columnist on the Strip was Michael Milken, the junk-bond king. "What this town needs," says Bob Stupak, the crusty owner of Vegas World, "is that scent of vice, a little...