Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...escorting fighters set out for London on Sept. 7. They concentrated on the densely populated East End and the Thames docks -- killing some 300 civilians and seriously injuring 1,300 -- and when it ended Goring telephoned his wife to say "London is in flames." Nor was London the only target. The Luftwaffe subsequently pounded Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol...
...budget, but slipped in through a loophole in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law, so that the spending will not push the fiscal '89 deficit over the statutory limits and trigger automatic budget cuts. As a result, the '89 deficit will grow to about $168 billion, $30 billion over the target...
When Congress adopted an obscure antiracketeering law in 1970, it seemed to target a particular kind of criminal: the old-school gangster wearing a fedora and a bulging shoulder holster. Nowadays, however, when federal prosecutors trigger the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, their sights are often set on a very different sort of defendant: a wealthy professional in designer pinstripes and Gucci loafers. In the nearly 20 years of its existence, RICO has evolved beyond its Mob-busting origins to become a powerful legal weapon against the upper reaches of white-collar crime. And because of its broad civil...
RICO gives law enforcers extraordinary latitude because it focuses on patterns of criminal behavior rather than on individual crimes. It can target anyone involved in an "enterprise" that engages at least twice a decade in any of a broad range of criminal activities, from murder and extortion to mail and wire fraud. The law authorizes heavy prison sentences and carries a powerful economic punch. Convicted defendants must forfeit all their ill- gotten gains, including all "proceeds" from the enterprise...
...Nobody is telling us to target only the top 10% of white students," explains Claire Gaudiani, the school's president. Public school teachers select the students and accompany them to the campus for two weeks of classes and counseling. In order to maintain the students' interest in college, professors and minority alumni will correspond with them throughout high school and hold twice-yearly "reunions...