Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...further personal revelations relevant? A new spate of digging into Hart's sexual past would probably do little more than confirm existing doubts about his self-control, and could create a backlash of sympathy for him. That does not mean, however, that the well-documented evidence of his deceitfulness ought now to be ignored. "Lying and cheating are serious charges against anyone," says Washington Post Political Reporter James Dickenson, "and it is not sensationalist or irrelevant to examine them." Even as the public resents the intrusiveness of the press, it will continue to demand to know as much as possible...
Piqued at Raisa Gorbachev's one-woman triumph at the Reykjavik summit, Nancy Reagan was known to consider the Soviet First Lady imperious and dogmatic. Preparations for the Washington summit seemed to confirm that impression. Raisa had taken her time accepting an invitation to tea, insisting that the hour be changed. She was keeping her schedule a mystery, confounding efforts to plan ahead. So when the Soviets asked to bring five extra guests to Tuesday's state dinner, the word quickly came back: forget...
...their facts may be new to even well-informed readers. For example, they confirm the rumor that Harvard Associate Vice President for State and Community Affairs Jacqueline O'Neill, daughter-in-law of the Speaker, seriously considered a bid for Congress. They tell us that the Kennedy campaign bought 320 dozen donuts for 2000 precinct workers on primary day. We learn that Tom Gallagher had three separate encounters with Cambridgeport pit bulls during his effort to knock on nearly every door in the district. We also learn that Jim Roosevelt's heart wasn't in the "shrill" tactics his advisors...
...said all four had been formally charged with possessing drugs and were now held in pre-trial detention. There was no way to confirm the report independently...
...confirm Fahd's waning authority, his proxy in Amman, Crown Prince Abdullah, played an important role in persuading Syria's Assad to moderate his views. Moreover, the absence of the Saudi monarch served, as it turned out, to cast more of the spotlight on Jordan's Hussein, who has emerged in recent years as the Arabs' most active statesman. In the end, it was Hussein who persuaded Assad and Saddam Hussein to talk directly to each other...