Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University, necessarily, is a place that encompasses a wide range of views even in the same History department, as between Professors Womack and Pipes. This is the nature of pluralism and toleration. Since Professor Womack has been a beneficiary of that hospitality, he should be the first to defend that rather than seek to impose a form of thought control on the University. But, perhaps, if Professor Womack did realize that, he might not be a Marxist and an apologist for Castro...
...firms could be forced to disgorge huge sums. A federal statute passed in 1984 entitles the Securities and Exchange Commission to ask courts to impose treble damages on such profits. The federal investigators have reportedly served subpoenas on both Kidder and Goldman in an effort to search a wide range of trading records. In addition, Wall Street lawyers said they have begun to get a flood of inquiries from investors who want to file private lawsuits against the implicated investment houses...
...explosive side issue: North's efforts to funnel aid to the contras from private sources and other countries. He gave pep talks to private fund raisers like Carl Channell, who were collecting for the cause, and he was involved in overseeing covert arms shipments. Other officials knew of his wide-ranging efforts...
...last Thursday evening Mario Cuomo resolved his inner debate and quietly announced a stunning decision. As he was settling in at the cramped studio of a New York City radio station for a state-wide call-in show, the moderator told Cuomo he wanted to ask him whether he was going to run. "Go ahead," said Cuomo. "I may surprise you. Ask at the end of the program." With four minutes left, the moderator did so. Cuomo put on a pair of glasses, took a typewritten statement out of his pocket and began to read. "In my opinion," he said...
...three-man commission, headed by former Republican Senator John Tower of Texas, was appointed by Reagan to look into the operations of the National Security Council. But to the consternation of the White House, the commission has broadened the scope of its inquiry to probe a wide variety of questions stemming from the arms deals with Iran and covert efforts to support the Nicaraguan contras. Among the disclosures that preceded the report's release...