Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defend himself. He told Ople that Mrs. Marcos was there beside him and "she doesn't want to leave." Later that day, at about the same time Marcos was calling Senator Laxalt, Imelda Marcos telephoned Nancy Reagan. The message was the same: Mrs. Reagan urged the Marcoses to avoid bloodshed, expressed concern for their family, and assured Mrs. Marcos that they were welcome to come...
...long-term planning and avoid the chronic instability created by annual appropriations, it calls on Congress to pass two-year defense budgets...
...director of investigations, the city's anticorruption chief. As many as eight separate city, state and federal investigations are looking into allegations of corruption within various city agencies. "My administration," Koch admitted ruefully, "lost the distance and the controls I had to maintain in order to avoid the undue influence of party leaders on the workings of government...
Other factors also contributed to Chun's new approach. One of his highest priorities is to avoid embarrassing political run-ins before--and during--the 1988 Olympics. A picture of harmony will, among other things, encourage foreign investors to look seriously at South Korea. Moreover, as Chun is always quick to warn, instability only encourages aggressive behavior by North Korea. Declared Chun: "Dividing national consensus at this juncture with a signature-collection campaign may invite North Korea's (military) misjudgment...
...moved last week to ease the border tensions that threatened to destroy their already edgy relations. The two countries agreed to form a joint patrol of their 225-mile frontier to prevent clashes between Sandinista forces and U.S.-backed contras based in Costa Rica. The arrangement is designed to avoid incidents like the shooting deaths of two Costa Rican guardsmen last May, which resulted in abruptly severed diplomatic relations. Reason: San Jose blamed the violence on Sandinista troops, while Managua blamed the contras...