Word: wept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussed in her office, did not affect her decisions. At the eight-day trial, Lavelle insisted that she had simply followed Administration policy by negotiating with polluters instead of engaging in lengthy court battles. The Administration, her lawyers charged, had made her a "scapegoat." After the verdict, Lavelle quietly wept. Said she: "I am very, very disappointed." She faces a maximum fine of $19,000 and up to 20 years in jail...
...tawdry reprise of an old scandal. In a Washington courtroom where former Environmental Protection Agency Official Rita Lavelle stood trial for perjury last week, the familiar charges of conflict of interest and political manipulation flew once again. Former aides told how Lavelle had wept while they hastily removed whole briefcases of sensitive documents. Yet for all the melodrama, the accusations seemed almost irrelevant, an old story relegated to the back pages. Since the scandal climaxed last spring with the firing or resignation of the EPA's top echelon, the agency has been seemingly transformed into a model of probity...
...Daily published a fake Daily Californian telling of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) decision to disallow the play and award the same to Stanford. Luckily for the Stanford pranksters, the Californian's press broke down the night before the parody's publication, so the parody succeeded and cheerleaders wept in public...
...stunned silence among about 100 female peace demonstrators from the camp set up outside the base for 26 months to protest the new U.S. weapons. Then came screams as the women pounded the base's perimeter fence with their fists in outraged frustration. Several groups linked arms and wept. Cried one anguished demonstrator: "It's here, it's bloody well here...
...been temporarily positioned right at the center of the nuclear debate, there is no more room for humility or modesty. The finished film was premiered last week in Lawrence, Kans., where much of it had been made on location, and the townspeople were tearful and shaken. Stoddard reports he wept when he saw the first cut of the film and says the present version "is the most important thing I have ever done." Director Meyer calls the movie "the most valuable thing I've ever done with my life." Mayor David Longhurst has invited Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov...