Word: sirica
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...failed to anticipate Rifkin. A former antiwar activist with a fertile imagination and a knack for using the bureaucratic process, Rifkin organized what may be the longest-running regulatory battle ever. One of his victories: a 1984 temporary injunction against Lindow and Panopoulos issued by Federal District Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame...
...moment of hubris once thought so and later paid for its arrogance in public disapproval. In Watergate's early days the story was kept alive mainly by the valiant reporting of the Washington Post. But Nixon was finally toppled by two institutions more powerful than the press -- Judge John Sirica's federal court and Senator Sam Ervin's Senate committee...
Enter Jeremy Rifkin, who with several allies filed suit in a federal court, charging that NIH, in granting its approval, had failed to prepare environmental-impact statements. At hearings conducted by Federal Judge John Sirica, Rifkin and a few scientists who supported his view pointed to the troubles caused in the U.S. by the introduction of foreign organisms...
Still, Rifkin won the day. In May 1984 Judge Sirica issued an injunction against the Tulelake test on the ground that NIH had not followed the required procedure in granting its approval...
...demeanor and a gesture of good will, he was able to gather a varied political bouquet. Robert Strauss, former Democratic national chairman, was almost silent. House Democratic Majority Whip Tom Foley looked content. The gallant, crippled Jacob Javits, former Republican Senator from New York, wired his blessings. Judge John Sirica, who sent the Watergate offenders to jail, sat straight and proud. Rabbi Joseph Glaser caught every word. The Ambassador from China watched in fascination. Max Kampelman, who was one of Hubert Humphrey's whiz kids from Minnesota, cocked his ear for each nuance. The Senator's daughter, Anna...