Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...presidency. When I was Security Adviser I violated every one of these rules except the one that I never went on television. But I violated the spirit of what I'm saying. Further service convinced me that it was an unsound system. The best Security Adviser I know was General Brent Scowcroft. He had his own views, but you always knew that everybody would get a fair hearing. And he would not present anything to the President that he had not first discussed with the Secretary of State...
From President Carter down to mission officers, this suggestion has been vehemently denied. To the contrary, they say, the helicopters got unusually meticulous care, even though their crews did not know of the impending mission. Fifteen maintenance men were assigned to each of the eight helicopters aboard the Nimitz. In addition, two civilian helicopter technical experts, including one from Sikorsky, were sent to the carrier. Almost daily, maintenance pilots flew the choppers to make sure that they were in top condition. In fact, the crews tending the RH-53s recently won Navy awards for their exceptional maintenance record...
When a reporter persisted, asking again if Beckwith had not argued in favor of continuing the mission, the rugged six-footer bristled and replied in a soft Southern accent: "With all due respect, sir, you don't know where you're coming from. I've been there before, and I'm not about to be a party of half-assed loading on a bunch of aircraft and going up and murdering a bunch of the finest soldiers in the world. I ain't gonna do that. It was a no-win situation...
...should like you to know of my deep personal concern about the situation at the Iranian embassy in London. This intrusion constitutes an act of terrorism and an infringement of the immunity of diplomatic staff which the British government finds totally repugnant and is acting firmly to counter...
Unlike blue-collar workers, who know that when the economy perks up the companies will usually call them back, executives have no such assurance. Says the Dearborn, Mich., executive recruiter William Tripp, who has been swamped with applications from furloughed automen: "These layoffs look a lot more permanent than in 1974. The industry is really retrenching, and a lot of people just are not going to be asked back...