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...statement from the prisoners was inevitable. Earlier, word spread that families of the final six fasting inmates would not permit their men to die. They were following the lead of four other families who intervenedwith Maze authorities to save prisoners lives. Three other strikers decided to abandon the fast on their own. Richard McAuley, a leader of the Sinn Fein, the political arm of the I.R.A., has admitted that under such circumstances the hunger strike was placing "little or no pressure" on the British to yield to the prisoners' demands for political status, though the government of Prime Minister...
Taipei scornfully dismissed the Chinese offer as propaganda. "The only way to bring about national reunification is to abandon the Communist system," declared James Soong, a spokesman for the Nationalist government. He told TIME Correspondent Ross H. Munro: "We will not negotiate with Communist China, period!" Soong ridiculed Peking's assurances that it would not interfere in Taiwan's local affairs after reunification. "They will become the central government, and we will become the local government. Have you ever heard of a central government that doesn't interfere in local affairs?" Asked how native-born Taiwanese would...
Although most athletic officials agree with Kleinfelder, 119 schools have decided to abandon the AIAW entirely and adhere to NCAA rules. And many AIAW officials fear that despite the respect awarded their recruiting philosophy and their commitment to women's athletics, the NCAA's decision to hold women's championships--coupled with its far superior fiscal resources--poses a severe threat to their organization's future...
...perhaps more important was what he did not do. He did not abandon his goals of holding the fiscal 1982 budget deficit to roughly $43 billion and of balancing the budget by 1984. He did not defer or scale down the newly enacted tax cuts that go into effect next week. He refused to make more than token cuts in the defense budget. And he backed away from tinkering with the politically sensitive issue of Social Security...
...point you were considering specific program reductions. Why did you abandon that approach...