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Closed-door briefings of the Senate and House intelligence committees by Administration officials on Friday did little to allay congressional skepticism about the White House policy toward Iran. "I can't believe what I heard, and I don't," said New York Democratic Senator Daniel Moynihan after a briefing by CIA Director William Casey. "It's hard to believe that such things are planned...
...main reasons for Conable's selection as president was to allay concerns about the bank's objectives. To U.S. Congressmen wrestling with budget austerity, he is a familiar and reassuring figure. Born in Warsaw, N.Y., and educated at Cornell University, the independent-minded Conable sat in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1985, earning high marks for his intelligence and integrity. For 18 years he was a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, on which he eventually became ranking Republican. While serving as finance chairman of Vice President George Bush's 1980 presidential campaign, Conable cemented...
That rally stalled last week, at least temporarily, as the value of shares plunged by 6.8% on Monday. Finance Minister Balladur quickly moved to allay investor concern. Said he in the National Assembly: "The Bourse has risen enormously. From time to time, people catch their breath." But after Balladur's speech, prices recovered only slightly. Market experts in Paris ascribed the slowdown to an impatient mood among investors, who are waiting for more solid economic results before pushing prices higher...
...Guatemala, for instance, newly elected President Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo describes his policy as "active neutrality." Some Central American leaders are worried that the U.S. will send in the Marines to overthrow the Sandinistas and thereby plunge the whole region into a conflagration. The Sandinistas do not try to allay these fears. "If the U.S. intervenes," warned a militant Sandinista last week, "we will take the revolution wherever...
Prior to that event, New York schools began drafting guidelines on to how to handle cases of AIDS in the system. The new policy, which in part called for a team of physicians to examine any child with AIDS, was established to allay growing fears over this devastating disease and its methods of transmission, which are not fully understood...