Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...uproar recalled two earlier CIA fiascos: the Bay of Pigs disaster in 1961 and the revelation in 1967 that the agency for years had partly funded and manipulated the National Student Association and dozens of business, labor, religious and cultural groups. Both flaps overshadowed the positive services that the CIA had rendered before; there were demands for greater restraint by the CIA and closer control by the Executive Branch, but no real changes came...
...impersonating Vince Lombardi on a Little League field. The difference here is that the man has real guns, real power to extend and with hold favors. He is a genuinely frightening cautionary figure. It is too bad that the lessons his behavior might teach are often lost in the uproar of a movie that most of the time caters to the low instincts it intermittently tries to criticize. &183; Richard Schickel
...perceptiveness, as well as questions about the competence of his staff in handling a White House crisis. All last week, Ford had almost nothing to say publicly about his decision, beyond a stoic "I knew it would be controversial." His aides concede, however, that the magnitude of the uproar had not been anticipated. At first, Ford...
...study set off an uproar in my co-ed dorm. It seemed to hit home on many points. Some of us challenged the men: would you feel worse if a woman beat you on a test than if a man did? To our horror, everyone of the men in the room said yes. The study touched a sore point with many of the women. How were we to resolve this conflict in our lives, how were we to be wife and mother, respected as women, and not betray our intellectual and achievement-oriented selves? Harvard gave us no clue...
...Your article, "Meat Uproar, Act II" [July 1], failed to mention an important fact: farmers are consumers...