Word: breaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Burr's letter dealt the decisive blow to the proposals for other forms of memorial. He stated that "all subscriptions to the Harvard War Memorial have been given for a church. To use the fund for any other form of memorial would be a breach of trust. Many subscribers, and some for large sums, are dead...
...Dinitz added that it was left up to the U.S. to convey the terms to Syria. "Since it was not a formal agreement with the Syrians," Dinitz added, "there was no indication from them of consent to it. But we made it clear that we would not tolerate any breach of those terms." By this account, it would appear that Syria had not violated Israel's own red line when it used helicopters in Lebanon. Once the helicopters were shot down, the Syrians moved in the missiles and the crisis grew...
...what about the soap from Krasnodar's much vaunted factory? Following a local tip that he "go to the Black Hole, Dorofeyev found a 10-ft. breach in the factory's brick wall, through which workers peddled pilfered bars of the precious commodity for $7.50 a case. Security at the plant was so lax that Dorofeyev managed to parade right out the main gate, his pockets bulging with ill-gotten goods, without drawing more than an indifferent glance from the guards. The moral of the tale for Soviet shoppers: if you want clean hands, grease some palms...
...several professors believe that the damage done by initiating such a step for outweighs the dollars saved. Michael Rubner, an associate professor at James Madison College of Public Policy, argued in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article. "Once you breach tenure, you set a precedent. Breaching the tenure system will affect faculty coming and faculty staying. Researchers won't come. They leave places that tamper with the tenure system because their job security is not guaranteed...
...denied knowing Van der Westhuizen's identity before the meeting. U.S. blacks were unconvinced. The Congressional Black Caucus called for her resignation, drawing parallels between her encounter and former Ambassador An drew Young's secret meeting with a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1979. That breach enraged U.S. Jews and cost Young...