Word: wrongfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listeners by the hand and drags them over deep crevices of logic and fact to new understanding. These leaps of faith can be breathtaking and at times demagogic. In Hartford last week, Jackson looked up at the shimmering glass of the downtown office towers and intoned, "There is something wrong with this nation when here in this state, the insurance capital of the world, there are 300,000 people without health insurance...
Ignore, as Jackson's audience did, that he provided no explanation of how to pay for this additional health insurance. Dwell instead on Jackson's oft- repeated formulation "There is something wrong with this nation." That sentiment cuts close to the heart of Jackson's appeal to left-liberals who are wont to use their primary votes to send a message. With the black underclass abandoned to their misery, the homeless sleeping on the streets, factories closing and the affluent unabashed at flaunting their possessions, there is a persistent sense that something is awry with the nation, something far deeper...
Weld explained that if he were investigating Meese's relations with Wallach, "I'd put it to the grand jury for indictment." Meese protested, "But I haven't done anything wrong." Weld persisted, claiming that Wallach, Meese's former personal attorney, had traded his influence with Meese for big money. "Yes, but Wallach was indicted," Meese replied. Said Weld: "I'm not talking about Wallach. I'm talking about...
...Washington-backed general strike began to crumble, easing the pressure on Noriega to leave and making it clear to all that he remained in charge. Conceded Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- American Affairs and chief architect of the White House campaign to oust Noriega: "I guessed wrong. I thought he'd be gone...
Strange, but it's a pity other sports don't have an Al Campanis who can bring so much right out of a wrong...