Word: winging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long-time Rowan haters, such as spokesmen for the National Rifle Association and right-wing zealot Patrick Buchanan, could not help but join the bandwagon, gloating at this apparent example of "elitist, liberal hypocrisy," and label Rowan "the Jacuzzi Bandit." They and others charged that Rowan has become the 1980s equivalent of the infamous "limousine liberals" of the 1970s, who while advocating busing as a means to integrate the public schools, quietly slipped their children off to Andover and Exeter...
...appetite for deluxe weaponry swallowed up so much of those titanic sums that the buildup failed to achieve some major goals. Overall, it did bring a much needed improvement in U.S. combat strength. But Ronald Reagan's dream of an Army of 18 full-strength divisions, a 40-wing Air Force and a 600-ship Navy remains unfulfilled. The budget for fiscal 1989 funds 18 trimmed-down divisions, 35 wings and 580 fighting ships...
...mannerly floor fights in Atlanta on platform items could be a good thing for the party. They would perk up interest and allow Dukakis to continue to appear as the commonsense centrist keeping the party's left wing in check. But an emotional brawl over Jackson's claims to the vice-presidential nomination would ignite racial animosities and could leave the Democrats fatally divided. In their dealings between now and Atlanta, Dukakis must rely on Jackson's enormous savvy, and on his fear of playing the spoiler in a year when the Democrats have a real chance to recapture...
...Legal, identified 24 undisputed death-squad killings in all of 1987; this year's toll stood at 21 by the end of April. (By comparison, Tutela counted 29 executions of civilians by the guerrillas in 1987, vs. 17 so far this year.) Most Salvadorans believe the upsurge in right-wing terrorism is the work of military men frustrated by their inability to put down the guerrillas in the field...
Justice is almost as harsh for Israelis accused of supporting the intifadeh. Last February the authorities closed down the tiny left-wing newspaper Derech Hanitzotz (Way of the Spark), which was known for its pro-Arab views. Eventually all six of the paper's editorial staffers -- five Jews and one Arab -- were arrested. Israel accused two of the publication's female editors of membership in the illegal Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Remanded for trial, the journalists have been held without bail in a women's prison, where inmates last week violently assaulted them...