Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Williams would not discuss his departure other than to say that this year brought an end to "a three-year agreement" and "I stepped down because I wanted...
...Washington, any delay in reaching agreement on a cease-fire would postpone a cutback of U.S. naval forces escorting oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The Reagan Administration would also be forced to defer its efforts to forge a new relationship with Iran after a hiatus of nearly a decade. Last week Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of Iran's parliament, raised that prospect and a good deal more: the possibility of securing Iran's help in gaining the release of nine American hostages believed held by pro-Iranian factions in Lebanon...
...himand said, `I'm going to forward your name to theBoard of Trustees for approval, will you acceptthe job?' The story is that he said `yes,'"Withers said. "When you get to the point that yourname is going to the board of trustees--that'salmost like a gentleman's agreement...
Although her main achievement was to help craft the "non-merger merger" agreement that essentially relinquished Radcliffe control over women undergraduates, Horner oversaw the creation of the Bunting Institute--a research center for young women scholars--and the improvement of the Schlesinger Library for the History of Women in America...
...doesn't depend on the parties," Perez de Cuellar said, indicating he could make a unilateral decision and go ahead without the agreement of Iraq. Iran says it is ready to honor an immediate cease-fire...