Word: expressed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fiske also declared that top aides to the President did nothing illegal when they met and phoned one another to express concern over a federal investigation into the collapse of an Arkansas savings and loan with close ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton. "The evidence," reported Fiske, "is insufficient to establish that anyone within the White House or Treasury acted with the intent to corruptly influence" an investigation by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency responsible for failed thrift institutions...
...conduct separate inquiries into whether any officials violated ethical and procedural rules, including one that prohibits contact with regulatory agencies about cases "involving persons in the government or anything of particular interest to the questioner." Fiske noted that his inquiry was limited to criminal violations and that "we express no opinion on the propriety" of the contacts or whether they "constitute a breach of ethical rules or standards." Cutler reiterated last week a sentiment the President conceded in March. "Some of these contacts," he said, "may have been inadvisable, in hindsight...
...also wrote extensively about politics, social issues, the media, books (especially the mysteries he devoured) and the handful of nonteam sports of which he was an armchair savant -- tennis, in particular. Between stories he appeared frequently on TV panels -- you name the subject, he always seemed ready to express provocative but well-thought-out opinions -- he lectured, wrote books and free-lanced for other publications. After all that, he still had time for his amazingly wide and varied circles of friends -- people at every level of our company, journalists, theater folk, New Jersey neighbors, Yale classmates...
...Where does perjury enter in? There's no basis for it. They began their remarks with 'I believe.' You are allowed to express personal beliefs under oath...
...present system cannot be called democracy because it doesn't express the will of the people. It ignores the sufferings of the people, and the whole structure still reflects the form of a barely changed communism. In 1991 we weren't able to change the system in a revolutionary way, although at the time it would have been rather easy to do so. Of course, the current system will change, but it may do so once again quite painfully while we are looking for another system. History does not forgive us when we let slip a fatal, critical moment...