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...dictionary seems to lack a viable purpose. The weighty volume is useless as a reference tool. You need to look up a term? Use Webster's. A geographical location? Try an atlas. An expression? Bartlett's is better...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Culture Schlock | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

...secrets during the trial, there was no way he could ensure that North would do the same. The New York Times reported last week that on Dec. 21 a high-ranking review board, which included Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, Secretary of State George Shultz, CIA Director William Webster and National Security Adviser Colin Powell, refused to release key classified documents covered by Gesell's order even though Walsh had warned that such actions would undercut the prosecution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving In to Graymail: Oliver North's Legal Strategy | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...William Webster, 64, the current CIA director, will remain in his post. But he will lose the Cabinet status he had under Reagan, reflecting Bush's view that the agency should concentrate on providing information rather than influencing policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fresh Faces: Bush's Cabinet | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

Turning to foreign policy, Bush also said CIA Director William Webster would remain in his post, the latest in a string of holdover appointments from the Reagan administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Makes Economics Appointments | 12/7/1988 | See Source »

...case, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, involves a Missouri statute that states that life begins at conception and that no public funds can be used to perform an abortion or to counsel women about this option. The statute was originally drafted in 1985 with an eye toward reversing Roe v. Wade. "We hoped all along this law would get up before the U.S. Supreme Court," says Samuel Lee of Missouri Citizens for Life. "We think this is the right time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Abortion on The Ropes | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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