Word: sidetrack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Geneva session, which an administration official said may be held as early as Friday, will test whether Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to sidetrack the U.S. "Star Wars" program in Iceland will carry over to the negotiating table...
Attorney General Zamir described the pressure for him to drop his investigation as "intense." Such a bipartisan effort to sidetrack a legal inquiry, which is not subject to Cabinet control, is most unusual; it reflects the government's extreme sensitivity to disclosures about the inner workings of Shin Bet. Nonetheless, support for Zamir and due process of law mounted steadily. Asked former Foreign Minister Abba Eban: "Should law bow before power? Should it abdicate?" Warned the Jerusalem Post: "The foundations of the rule of law in Israel may be in grave jeopardy...
When state Republican leaders urged her to run against Democratic Governor Bruce Babbitt in 1978, she declined. Instead, she was retained as a judge in Maricopa County and, after only eleven months, was nominated to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Babbitt, who denies trying to sidetrack a potentially dangerous opponent. Says Babbitt: "I had to find the finest talent available to create confidence in our new merit system. Her intellectual ability and her judgment are astonishing...