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...intelligence officials. The commission advised each man that he was "liable to be harmed" by the results of the inquiry and that he had 15 days in which to request permission to reappear before the commission to offer further testimony. Each recipient was also informed that he "may avail himself of legal counsel." In most cases, the "harm" the commission referred to was related to possible charges of "nonfulfillment of duties...
...regulation time, the Eagles came right back. Less than a minute after Harvard had scored, and with only 2:12 left in the overtime. Murphy leapt on a rebound that had bounced off of Lahey and slipped the ball into the goal. Lahey argued to no avail that she had been unfairly tied up by Brooks. In the remaining minuted. Harvard had a few more opportunities, but could not convert, leaving the final score...
...declared, Congress had violated the Constitution by granting the three-year extension of the deadline. Angry ERA supporters immediately appealed Callister's decision. They also launched a vigorous ERA Countdown campaign aimed at getting Oklahoma, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and Florida to pass the amendment, but to no avail. The last state to ratify the ERA was Indiana...
...effort to persuade the Argentines to budge on the thorny issue of Falklands sovereignty, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig sent Retired General Vernon Walters, a trusted troubleshooter, to Buenos Aires. Haig has also been urging other Latin American governments to intercede with Argentina, to little avail...
When the Argentine armed forces began massing for an assault, President Ronald Reagan phoned Galtieri for 50 minutes and argued against the use of force, but to no avail. After the Argentine invasion, forward." Reagan said: "I wish it had not gone In Buenos Aires, some 5,000 ban ner-waving supporters gathered in front of the presidential palace to hear Galflies" tieri's over boast the that "the Falklands. But Argentine flag British Prime Minister Thatcher is hearing clamor of a different kind: demands that Britannia return to ruling the waves, at least in one far-off corner...