Word: station
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Columbia, at an $82,000 salary. It was clear, Bork later told friends, that he was being asked to try out for the Supreme Court. Although he preferred to remain in his new private practice, he said, "I was made to feel that the train was leaving the station...
...Nicaragua. Says Neil Livingstone, a consultant on counterterrorism who worked with North: "Bill Casey was not prepared to fight the bureaucratic battles. He knew there were a lot of people who could raise great problems if they went public with their concerns. He turned the NSC into the Washington station...
Soviet space technology was without question the star of this show. Thousands lined up to walk through a replica of the Soviet space station Mir. The tour took them into an impressive 100-ft. space structure composed of the Soyuz vehicle that sends two-man crews into space, the cylindrical space station itself, the Kvant astrophysics laboratory module and the Progress resupply vehicle for the station. The Soviets were not reluctant to declare that they will sell space to Westerners for commercial experiments on their space station. For those interested in even more daring ventures, the Soviets brought along...
...fairness doctrine, critics add, may actually inhibit the free flow of ideas by inducing stations to avoid controversial topics that might stir complaints. Yet it has a diverse corps of defenders, including Conservative Phyllis Schlafly and Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, as well as most members of Congress. The rule, they argue, is a crucial way of giving ordinary citizens access to the electronic media: broadcast outlets, though more plentiful < today, are still sought-after and expensive properties available to only a few. Nor, they contend has the doctrine had the chilling effect that some claim. Between...
...less toxic age, Thomas Jefferson rhetorically asked, "Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched?" Today Comic George Carlin puts it this way: "On the radio there are two knobs. One turns it off; the other changes the station. This is called freedom of expression. As Ronald Reagan would say, 'Let the free market handle...