Word: commentator
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...sued NASA under the Freedom of Information Act to disclose certain aspects of its investigation into the accident. Most eventually withdrew their actions, but the New York Times has continued to petition for tapes to back up a NASA transcript of cabin conversation. In the official version, the final comment is pilot Michael Smith's "uh-oh," indicating he might have been aware of impending danger. A federal appeals court agreed with NASA that releasing the voice material would constitute an invasion of privacy. George Freeman, a Times lawyer, says the paper has not decided if it will appeal...
...same time, the U.S. began airlifting out of Chad several hundred Libyan dissidents who had served as soldiers in the pro-Western government of ousted President Hissene Habre. Tripoli accused the U.S. of training the dissidents to carry out commando raids in Libya, but Washington refused to comment...
...with a fellow Crimson editor and ultimately--as is the case with most I'm-more-scholarly-than-you dialogues--we began discussing books. I told my co-worker the author I admire most is James Baldwin because he wrote my favorite book of all time Another Country. My comment was met with a blank stare. This person had no knowledge of who Baldwin...
Bulger said he was pleased with Mahoney's confirmation and declined further comment about Dershowitz. Bulger said he was unaware of Edward O'Brien's plans to seek a bar investigation...
Thus far, De Klerk has steered clear of confessions, apologies and reparations. Some of his advisers believe, however, that some sort of official apology might be forthcoming in the final stages of negotiations. The most outspoken comment from De Klerk's circle has come from Deputy Foreign Minister Leon Wessels. Last August he described apartheid as "a dreadful mistake" that did not take "human factors" into account. "An apology is on the minds of many Afrikaners," Wessels says, "but not on the mind of the government...