Word: softenings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wright admits that he put pressure on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in 1986 to soften regulatory proceedings against a Dallas real estate syndicator and some Texas savings and loan associations. He says, however, he was merely "acting as an ombudsman" for the constituents he represents, which is not just a right but a duty for a Congressman. Wright seems to have been rather incurious about the constituents he went to bat for -- one has since been charged with helping to defraud the S and L he headed of $40 million. Nonetheless, Wright has a defense unavailable to Meese...
...Government and American corporations have unwillingly helped to soften the pinch. The Panama Canal Commission, which is jointly administered by Panama and the U.S., is bringing cash into the country by airplane to meet its $3.3 million biweekly payroll. Moreover, despite the freezing of U.S. toll payments, the canal racked up a record $30.3 million in revenues during March...
...military man at peace with himself may make a better soldier, and a prayer for peace may soften the Pentagon's image. But the aims of the meditation group are much more ambitious. Club President Edward Winchester, 50, a Pentagon financial analyst, advocates a "spiritual defense initiative." Two decades after hippie protesters tried to levitate the Pentagon, Winchester believes soldiers should be the ones giving off good vibrations. The Meditation Club's goal, he explains, is to link enough individual "peace shields" to protect humanity by their unified force...
Alberto Tomba, 21, Italy's self-proclaimed beast and "La Bomba," buried his ski boots in what little snow remained at Nakiska on the day of the giant slalom in the second week of the great chinook. He feared they might soften halfway down the mountain under the weight of his incredible confidence. Immediately posting the best time for the first run, Tomba waited only long enough to see that Pirmin Zurbriggen was slower before telephoning home to Bologna (collect). "You have seen Tomba once," he advised his parents. "But now, for the second run, you must turn...
...with his perky optimism, tends to bring it out. Dole has tried to suppress his brooding bitterness following his hatchet-man performance as the vice-presidential Republican candidate in the 1976 campaign. Since then, he has gone through two political make-overs designed to improve his body language and soften his style...