Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Girl Scout cookie is more than a popular treat. Over nearly a half-century it has become not just an annual door-to-door institution but also a symbol of the wholesome qualities of American childhood. A perfect target, in short, for twisted pranksters...
...plant has been a target of anti-nuclear activity for several years because it lies withing three miles of a seismic fault line...
Whatever the cause, the Administration's ethical failings are likely to prove an irresistible target for the Democratic presidential candidates. Gary Hart has released a list of 55 Administration officials who he claims have faced "serious allegations of wrongdoing involving unethical behavior, abuse of power or privilege, or even, in some cases, criminal actions." He charges that "abuse of Government has become a way of life in this Administration, yet it seems to concern no one very much - not even the President. It should." Walter Mondale last week spoke of the "sleaze fac tor" in the Administration...
Claiborne's defenders say that the judge is the target of a vendetta by federal authorities who are unhappy with some of his rulings. Among them: Claiborne's occasional refusal to issue search warrants and his dismissal of several cases brought before him by the U.S. Government. Oscar Goodman, Claiborne's chief counsel, says that the judge is a victim of the long-running feud between federal lawmen and the Nevada Establishment. Says he: "The feds have tried to create the picture that we're all crooks and Mafia soldiers crawling around here...
...year. In deed, Salomon Bros. Economist Henry Kaufman expects the discount rate, the price the Federal Reserve charges mem ber banks for loans, to rise a full percent age point in the next two months. Others contend that since the money supply has been growing within its announced target range of 4% to 8%, there is no need to clamp down...