Word: accords
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accord between Nicaragua and the United States that would sever aid to the Contras in return for a Sandinista pledge not to help revolutionary movements outside the country would end support for democracy in Nicaragua, Abrams argued...
Infuriated by the charges, Peres last week sought to fire Moda'i, thus triggering a bitter standoff. Shamir, who is scheduled to become Prime Minister in October under the coalition agreement, blocked Moda'i's dismissal and accused Peres of seeking to scuttle the political accord. When Moda'i offered to resign Wednesday, Likud ministers closed ranks. If Moda'i goes, Shamir vowed, "all Likud will go too, and Peres should know that in contemplating sacking Moda'i, he is in fact bringing down this government...
...adding to recent increases. Toyota, the largest Japanese automaker, has marked up its price tags by an average of 7% since the beginning of the year. A Toyota Cressida now costs $17,480, up 11.4% from $15,690. In the same period, the price of a Honda Accord LX has increased by 17%, to $12,469. Last week Nissan Motor U.S.A. announced price hikes of about 3% on some of its 1986 cars and trucks...
...border agreement follows the election last month of Costa Rican President-elect Oscar Arias Sanchez. Shortly after his victory, the feuding neighbors resumed relations and exchanged new ambassadors. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra was quick to portray the accord as evidence of his country's desire for peace in the region. The Reagan Administration, which last week asked Congress for an additional $100 million in aid for the contras, was unimpressed. Said a State Department spokesman: "It's nice they're having these bilateral accords, but they can't take the place of a regional, verifiable settlement...
...accord, drafted with U.S. help following the Nazi Holocaust, makes the mass murder of national, ethnic, racial or religious groups an international crime. Over the years, U.S. opponents of the treaty, most of them Senate conservatives, have said they had no quarrel with its sentiments but argued that the pact would permit foreigners to meddle in American domestic affairs. Last May the Senate passed a resolution that allows the U.S. to exempt itself from World Court jurisdiction over treaty cases. That provided the cover Congress needed and finally cleared the way for the U.S. officially to endorse...