Some are a throwback to the pre-1991 "licence Raj" era, when officials tinkered incessantly with the rules.
Most of its Enron projects originated during the Clinton era, when officials ranging from Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin to a series of commerce secretaries -- the late Ronald H. Brown, Mickey Kantor and William M. Daley -- all helped Enron in pursuing its overseas ventures.
WIMBLEDON, England — It was as if time had been cranked back at Wimbledon: back to an era before polyester strings and big rips on every shot, which was also the era when officials at the All England Club were still scoffing at the idea of a roof over their hallowed Centre Court.
Those restrictions originated in an era when federal officials were more concerned about national security issues related to foreign investment, experts say.
In an era when elected officials are about as popular as burglars and bank C.E.O.s, the answer is that Christie cleverly created a public persona as a plain-talking, non-ideological Honest Joe — an anti-politician, almost — and the media, or much of it, went along with the spin.
Taken together, these experiences illuminate, often in poignant detail, an era when health officials controlled with impunity the reproductive bodies of people committed to institutions.
An era when health officials controlled with impunity the reproductive bodies of people committed to institutions.
Those are remarkably high numbers for a politician in an era when many public officials are distrusted or disliked.
But this is an era when many government officials are unwilling to make difficult yet needed decisions because of political considerations.
In an era when many top American officials are blanketed in security, Justice Breyer and his colleagues are the exceptions, freer but also more exposed than their counterparts in the executive and legislative branches.
