Word: toweringly
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There are deeper worries by some thoughtful folks, chief among them Brent Scowcroft. He was one of the three members of the Tower board, whose report shook the White House and has set the stage for the congressional hearings. Recently he spoke publicly on this issue for the first time, to a small gathering at Georgetown University. "I found myself wondering how well any past operation would have fared if subjected to the same microscopic scrutiny which we gave to this affair," said Scowcroft. "We all make mistakes. The thing that is troublesome is whether or not the national tolerance...
From his vantage point behind the table of the Tower board, Scowcroft noted a disturbing pattern. "I was struck by the number of times that front- page stories on Iran-contra appeared containing only the thinnest and most speculative of new material, just enough to generate a headline and to provide a hook on which to hang a rehash of the same old stories. In this manner the issue seemed to be able to sustain itself as big news, almost regardless of the emergence of new material...
Responding to suggestions made by the Tower Commission that the National Security Council (NSC) become less concerned with secrecy, newly appointed NSC head Frank Carlucci rescinded a directive of former NSC head Rear Adm. John Poindexter, who resigned over revelations of the Iran-Contra affair...
...special interest appears depends on whether the viewer is a budget-conscious Congressman, an ivory-tower academic, or a headline-grabbing Education Secretary. All agree, however, that higher education is being scrutinized much more closely and that government is willing to make serious cuts into what it once viewed as a sacred...
...Green goalie Moreen Towers, owner of a .565 overall save percentage and a spectacular .625 percentage in the Ivies, will get a chance to prove she really is "The Tower of Power" when she faces McBride and company today...