Word: uproarous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than complete sovereignty. The caldoches continue to argue that the Pisani plan would lead to a Kanak takeover. Pisani declared a state of emergency throughout the territory, including a dawn-to-dusk curfew. In Paris, where Premier Laurent Fabius dispatched 1,000 fresh troops to New Caledonia, a political uproar was brewing. Right-wing opponents of President Francois Mitterrand's Socialist government joined the island's French community in denouncing the Pisani plan...
Villegas expects the Marcos regime to survive the uproar, but the economist predicted that a weakened government will be forced to restrain public spending and agree to economic reforms. Marcos may have to dismantle the sugar, coconut and grain monopolies headed by the President's cronies. If substantial reforms go through, Villegas predicted, the Philippines could climb back to a 1% growth rate by the end of next year...
...candidates and their staffs. When the Mondale campaign announced arrangements for its new chartered plane, it said that in order to provide regulars with the luxury of having the middle seat of each row empty, some newspapers, including the Tribune, would not have a reserved seat. The ensuing uproar sent Press Secretary Maxine Isaacs scurrying to come up with some compromise...
...aides, I am always a little concerned at how fragile and vulnerable the Chief of State appears-just like any other human." Says Sidey of his twelfth interview with Reagan, conducted in the President's suite in Dallas' Loews Anatole Hotel, 26 stories above the convention uproar: "It was one of the best I've had with him. Reagan's juices were flowing: he looked and moved like a man of 40. For half an hour, the political romantic painted his ideas on the grand canvas of a campaign, uninhibited by details and everyday, gritty reality...
...longer-term effect of the uproar over Ferraro's finances is impossible to judge; it will depend in part on whether some of the questions that her press conference did not entirely resolve continue to dog her. Even assuming, however, that most voters now view the matter as essentially closed and turn their attention to other issues, the controversy was a significant setback for the Democratic campaign, blunting its post-convention momentum and forcing it into a defensive crouch for nearly two weeks. For Ferraro, the affair probably comes out as a wash. She has lost some...