Word: suited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first came from Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, whose attorneys filed suit in U.S. District Court to stop Walsh's probe. Their argument: the broad mandate given to the court-appointed special prosecutor is a violation of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers. A day later, attorneys for former Reagan Aide Michael Deaver, under investigation for his lobbying activities after his departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words...
When we first meet the young protagonist of A Nite-Lite, acted with appropriate repulsiveness by the playwright, he is returning home from work, dressed respectably in suit and tie. His initial encounter with the motionless, battered body beside his front door arouses his sense of pity. He addresses the formless mass politely as "sir," and even brings out a plate of food. But as the homeless person fails to acknowledge these gestures, the young man grows increasingly annoyed and impatient. He begins throwing scraps of food at the human heap of rags and soon dumps the entire plate...
...boycott coalition has charged Coors with discriminating against minority employees, and point to a 1975 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suit against the brewery, which was settled out of court. At the time, Coors agreed to an affirmative action plan which met with the approval of the EEOC. Today, Coors' workforce of 9400 is 4.4 per cent Black and 9 per cent Hispanic--roughly equivalent to the respective populations in the Denver area...
Garbed in a business suit and carrying a briefcase, Cudmore arrives at Harvard twice a week looking like a traditional academic...
Differences in each executive's style and interests are the primary factor any White House manager must consider, said John D. Ehrlichman, an aide to Richard Nixon who was implicated in the Watergatescandal. "The Presidency is a Constitutionalinstitution," said Ehrlichman, "but it's also abaggy suit of clothes. If it doesn't fit, it isn'tgoing to work...