Word: aug
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...measure just barely failed to get the needed two-thirds majority in the East German parliament, and West German lawmakers decided to postpone their own vote until Aug. 23. East German lawmakers are to consider the measure again Aug...
Thus Governor Buddy Roemer inherited some worthy opportunities for the veto. He used it on the abortion ban last week only days after thumbing down the lewd-lyrics law on the ground that it violated free-speech protections. The legislators may return to the capital Aug. 18 to consider whether to override the vetoes...
...high noon on Aug. 24, thousands of spectators are expected to line the banks of the Chicago River to witness a colorful moment in the annals of water sports. At the sound of an air horn, the waters will surge with the sleek forms of 30,000 highly competitive rubber ducks...
When it is christened Aug. 11 at Groton, Conn., the new Trident submarine U.S.S. Kentucky will have a bottle of bourbon rather than bubbly bashed across its bow. "We don't drink much champagne in Kentucky," says Congressman Larry Hopkins, a Republican from the state who sits on the House Armed Services Committee. To avoid offending any of the Kentucky distillers, Hopkins' wife Carolyn will break a bottle filled with a blend of bourbons from all the state's producers. The Navy professes no major qualms about this departure from tradition.Says a spokesman wryly: "The spirit's the thing...
Early last week everything seemed set for a five-member North Korean delegation to cross the border and meet with a South Korean dissident organization to plan a historic pan-national rally for Aug. 15, the 45th anniversary of liberation from Japan. But when the five arrived at the border, they first refused to accept South Korea's choice of a hotel and then insisted that the dissidents rather than government representatives escort them at the meeting. At that Seoul balked. After two days of arguing, the North Koreans returned home...