Word: austrian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While there is no definitive proof that the Austrian President committed war crimes, a Justice Department spokesman said the "evidence collected establishes a prima facie case that Kurt Waldheim assisted or otherwise participated in the persecution of persons because of race, religion, national origin or political opinion." For years Waldheim had left the impression that he had been wounded on the Soviet front in 1941 and spent most of the remaining war years finishing his studies. He later admitted he was a first lieutenant on the staff of German Group E in the Balkans from...
...Austria, which Waldheim won with 54% of the vote, the U.S. came under intense pressure from Jewish groups to place Waldheim's name on its "watch list" of some 40,000 suspected war criminals, convicts, deportees and others who are unwelcome in the U.S. To avoid interfering with the Austrian elections, Washington chose to conduct its own meticulous investigation, including the examination by a Justice Department team of previously unavailable records in the Yugoslav war archives. The probe gave careful scrutiny to material submitted on half a dozen occasions by Waldheim in his defense. In the end, the effort served...
...spite of Administration efforts to limit the diplomatic fallout by insisting the U.S. action was "in no way a judgment against the Austrian people," the government of Chancellor Franz Vranitzky reacted with calculated displeasure. Austria pointedly recalled its Ambassador from Washington for consultations and rejected the U.S. charges as "unproven." Nor did officials in Vienna accept the U.S. view that the law excluding Waldheim permits waivers for those with diplomatic status. Said Foreign Minister Alois Mock: "You cannot differentiate between a private person and the President." But Vranitzky stopped short of canceling a scheduled visit to Washington later this month...
...Vigna and Cyndi Austrian closed out their doubles victory, 6-3, 6-3, against the tandem of Meghani and Sue Palminteri on one of the best plays of the day. With the Princeton duo attacking at the net, Vigna recovered with an impressive defensive lob. Meghani returned the ball, but Austrian ended the match on a hard crosscourt forehand winner...
...singles: Vigna, H, def. Savage, C, 6-2, 6-4; 2nd singles: Boss, H, def. Klien, C, 6-0, 6-0; 3rd singles: Bland, H, def. Prins, C, 6-3, 6-2; 4th singles: Austrian, H, def. Meinig, C, 6-3, 6-2; 5th singles: Dragomirescu, H, def. Demsey, C, 6-3, 6-3; 6th singles: Mulvehal, H, def. McPeak, C, 6-3, 6-0; 1st doubles: Boss and Bland, H, def. Savage and Meinig, C, 7-6 (7-0), 6-1; 2nd doubles: Vigna and Austrian, H, def. McPeak and Levine, C, 7-5, 6-4; 3rd doubles: Dragomirescu...