program. 1  Obs. a proclamation. a prospectus or syllabus. 2  the acts, speeches, musical pieces, etc. that make up an entertainment, ceremony, etc. a printed list of these. 3  a scheduled broadcast on radio or television. 4  a plan or procedure for dealing with some matter.
Trent Affair: 1861-1862. The Trent Affair was the diplomatic crisis that potentially brought Great Britain and the United States closest to war during the first year of the American Civil War.
In addition, Colonel North, who was intimately involved in both the arms sales and the contra diversion, was accused of obstructing a Presidential inquiry when he shredded stacks of classified documents as details of the Iran-contra affair became public in November 1986.