Word: victimizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome.' You must be willing to fire...
Assistant Professor of Japanese Haruko Iwasaki says that although she does not feel she has been a victim of discrimination, a distinct discrepancy is evident in the system. While most of the tenured faculty members in her department are white males, Iwasaki says those at the junior faculty level "are mostly women. The language side is 90 percent women and minority...
...banking system. The U.S. then imposed limited economic sanctions, including the payment of Panama Canal fees into an escrow account inaccessible to Noriega and cancellation of trade preferences. This still did not faze Noriega, although it led to severe damage to Panama's economy. Noriega portrayed himself as a victim of yanqui imperialism, and 22 other Latin American nations, including Mexico and Venezuela, issued a statement of support...
...Villiers' lawyer said his client was of "limited intelligence" and was drunk at the time of the shooting, while Goosen claimed he was a victim of "posttraumatic stress disorder" because of his exposure to violence in black townships. If the sentence survives the appeals process, the two will become the first white policemen ever executed for killing blacks during antiriot operations in the townships...
Meese sees his antagonists as the traditional liberal assault forces, in league with the media. They come on, in his view, in a set piece of political attack. First, a selected victim is branded as controversial. Then he is labeled an embarrassment to the Government. Finally it is said the fellow has to go. If that tactic proceeds much further unchallenged, Meese believes, such forces will soon paralyze any Government. "I am going to continue the leadership of the Department of Justice," he says. "I am going to wait until the prosecutor's report is issued, and then...