Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world opinion. At the U.N., sentiment grew for a Security Council move to embargo arms shipments to Iran. Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly shortly before the Iran Ajr was seized, President Reagan declared that the council "has no choice" but to take action if Iran refused to accept a cease-fire in the gulf war. Yet the U.S. was having trouble persuading the Soviets to endorse the embargo; a Soviet veto could kill the proposal...
...Khamenei had scoffed at the U.N. as a "paper factory for issuing worthless and ineffective orders," and the futility of the sanctions effort seemed to prove his point. Last July the council unanimously called for a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war, which Iraq declared it would accept. But Iran stalled, refusing to clarify its intentions even when visited by U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar during his unsuccessful peace mission to the gulf area two weeks...
...hours after Governor-General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, who represents Queen Elizabeth II in the former British colony, announced an interim solution to the Pacific island chain's political problems. Ganilau proposed a caretaker government consisting of all major political groups pending new elections. But Rabuka said he would accept nothing less than permanent political control by ethnic Fijians, who constitute 47% of the population while ethnic Indians make...
...annual Harvard theater world ritual has been wraught with confusion this semester as some directors and actors have broken the rule that prohibits directors from soliciting actors to accept parts in their plays...
Both the sacks and the interception were the result of over-aggressiveness on Yohe's part. It is the same aggressiveness that has made Yohe the excellent QB that he is, and the Harvard coaching staff is no doubt quite happy to accept it in return for his play...