Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lefever's bitter resignation letter to Reagan began: "I am blameless of the charges and innuendoes against my integrity and my compassion. I do not wish any longer to put up with the kind of suspicion and character assassination that some of my adversaries have used to besmirch my name...
...that time could remain untouched by both extremes. The Koch who started out as a softy by his own account, and who then acquired a carapace, is different from a political leader who had no soft spot to begin with. With such a convert there is always the possibility (suspicion, hope) that he sympathizes more than he lets on ? as in the anecdote Koch loves to tell of the judge who got mugged and then announced that it would have no effect on his future decisions. An old lady in the courtroom shouted...
Acid rain, a corrosive precipitation of pollutants that has been killing fish in many wilderness areas, will be another of the major battlegrounds. The causes of this problem are not yet well understood, and there is some suspicion that the Clean Air Act itself may have contributed to it. Reason: the law has led coal-burning plants to install taller smokestacks that carry particles high into the atmosphere, where they help to form the acid rain...
Other Arab leaders are also alarmed by Gaddafi's revolutionary proclivities and criticize him for siding with Iran in its war against Iraq. Even Libya's Soviet backers view Gaddafi with suspicion, notably for his way of soliciting their support while keeping them at arm's length. Sums up a Palestinian political observer in Beirut: "If you measure a man by his enemies, Gaddafi has great stature...
...schools today are found in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes from kindergarten through grade twelve, at academic levels that range from fairly high to very low. Discrimination in favor of religion is a basic raison d'etre, and at the more zealous schools, a tub-thumping suspicion of all nonreligious learning fills the air. In a 150-page how-to-start-a-school guide for would-be organizers, Educator Robert Billings (now a top Reaganite administrator in the Department of Education) warns in capital letters: NO UNSAVED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE ON THE STAFF...