Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rescued were taken to three nearby hospitals, and those not needing immediate attention were given first aid, coffee and blankets at waiting stations at the harbor...
Butler opens with the imminent death of Sir Robert Charles, who is the current Minister of Defense and the patriarch of a poor but prestigious family. Having recently had a heart attack, Sir Robert is more dead than alive, surviving only with the aid of various life-support machines. Lady Charles has decided to put him out of his misery and pull the plug--much to the pleasure of heir apparent Hugo and his twin sister, Annabel. Planning ahead, the family has placed him in a coffin right in the middle of the Charles estate drawing room. The youngest...
...Democratic proposal, on the other hand,would shut off aid to the rebels until previousaid is accounted for, including any money divertedfrom Iranian arms sales or solicited from privatesources...
...party need to make a statement on thisissue," said Rep. David Bonior (D-Mich). However,he said aid opponents probably do not have thevotes to override an almost certain presidentialveto of their action, which is expected to pass inthe House but faces a less certain future in theSenate...
...Democrats' move was seen as primarily aneffort to focus attention on the administration'sinability to account for more than 10 milliondollars in previous aid money, an issue alreadyraised by last week's Tower commission report onthe Iran-Contra affair as well as by congressionalinvestigators...