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Word: roles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nields, who gained national exposure last summer for his role in questioning witnesses at the congressional Iran-contra hearings, told a Law School audience of more than 300 that the government must reform its policy on covert operations...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Nields Blasts Covert Action | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

...have an essential role in stopping violence against women. It is of fundamental importance that they work to change the accepted standards of how men treat women. But men who want to change those standards must create their own organizations, rather than attaching themselves to groups established by and for women. These men need to work together and address this issue in terms of their own involvement and within their own gender...

Author: By Anna V.E. Forrester, | Title: Take Back the Podium | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

Take Back the Night is not an appropriate platform for male spokesmanship. If men want to attend the event, or assist in planning it, their role must be one of support, not leadership. It is not a night for men to speak out. And it is certainly not a night for men to speak out about how women can regain control over their bodies...

Author: By Anna V.E. Forrester, | Title: Take Back the Podium | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

...bill whose full content was not known to a single Senator; in February, Byrd's own campaign- finance bill could not make it through the Senate. Moreover, with his silver- ^ blue pompadour and dour expression, Byrd, 70, has proved no match as an adversary to Ronald Reagan's polished role as the Great Communicator. As a Democratic spokesman following Reagan's State of the Union addresses, Byrd, with his stilted manner, came across on television like a clerk calling roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Goodbye to Byrd | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...sexual act that may be unprecedented in general-release movies. Another titled woman (Jacqueline Pearce) will rise naked from her bath to lead her assembled guests -- of both sexes -- in a genial discussion of who will accompany her to bed. A rancher (the late Trevor Howard, in his last role) has cut a peephole in his closet so he can spy on women using his guest bathroom. While Broughton is awaiting trial for murder, this same fellow visits him bearing a fine gift box of chocolates in which he has thoughtfully tucked a drug-filled syringe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Way Out in Africa WHITE MISCHIEF | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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