Word: wrongs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After the neutron bomb uproar, Sir Ian Gilmour, defense spokesman in the Tory shadow government, lashed out: "There have been weeks of leaks and contradictions, and after an orgy of weakness and vacillation, the wrong decision has finally been reached. Mr. Carter has been scared off the neutron weapon by the Russian propaganda barrage. It now seems that the Kremlin has virtually a right of veto on weapons that NATO is allowed to deploy...
...investigation of itself was supervised by Callahan, Adams and another of Mohr's gambling buddies. After a two-month inquiry, the probers concluded that Mohr had done nothing wrong, the bureau's purchasing procedures were proper, and the games were just innocent social gatherings. Former Attorney General Edward H. Levi dismissed the findings as a whitewash and ordered the FBI to investigate again, under close Justice Department supervision. The second time around, the findings forced Kelley to discharge Callahan for misuse of FBI funds. Mohr, in retirement, was criticized, but Adams emerged unscathed...
...usual, the Pulitzers were not without controversy. One of the photo awards went to the wrong man. The other went to Freelancer J. Ross Baughman for his Associated Press pictures of Rhodesian guerrillas, even though the shots had missed an Overseas Press Club award because some of the judges had doubts about their authenticity; the A.P. and Baughman stood by the pictures. And as in previous years, Pulitzer screening judges in several categories complained publicly that the final selection board had ignored their recommendations, although the panel is free to do so under the rules...
...Americans will allow themselves to be on the wrong side of self-determination just because the other side is supported by the Soviet Union," she added...
...attempt to pressure Harvard to divest itself of its stocks in South Africa "is a very noble aspiration, but students are going about it the wrong way." Richard J. Miller '81 said yesterday...