Word: suggest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...response to the charge, McDavitt says, "I'm voting for [Graham]...and I went to one of her press conferences to show my support." But he adds, it is "a blatant falsehood to even suggest" that that constitutes a conflict of interest...
...technique not only helps place the suspect at the scene of the crime, but can also suggest what he or she was doing there. "One may have some plausible explanation for fingerprints," explains Timothy Berry, a prosecutor in Orlando. "But blood, semen, uprooted hair, skin under the fingernails of the victim are something else." The information can be so damning that it precipitates a confession. In Tacoma last December, a bus driver pleaded guilty to rape, although the victim, a 57-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease, does not remember the crime. DNA analysis established that semen...
...attitude has begun to change. The Department of Energy in 1977 took over responsibility for the nuclear weapons network, which had long been overseen by the now defunct Atomic Energy Commission, and finally < seems bent on reform. Information about the weapons-production system has emerged that only begins to suggest the past callousness of both Government officials and private contractors. At the sprawling Hanford plutonium- processing complex in Washington State, managers once deliberately released 5,050 curies of radioactive iodine into the air. The reason: to see if they could reduce the amount of time uranium must be cooled before...
...they take effect, the Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco deals may prove to be textbook cases of smart corporate strategies. They could also turn out to be flops -- or so U.S. business history would suggest. In the 1960s some of America's most celebrated executives, including Harold Geneen at ITT and Charles Thornton at Litton Industries, acquired scores of companies and built huge conglomerates. Like many empires, they eventually declined. A similar fate may await some of today's dealmakers...
...Jackson believes he is the victim of a double standard. Why, he asks, should he be blamed for not delivering the Democratic left, when no one is pointing fingers at Sam Nunn, Charles Robb and others for not garnering the center? The real purpose of the criticism, Jackson allies suggest, is to undercut Jesse's status as the front runner for 1992. "Some of this is prelude to the battle for control of the party," says a Jackson adviser...