Word: bushing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United States is upset that the accords set such an early date for the disbanding of the Nicaraguan rebels, as Secretary of State James A. Baker III told Costa Rican President Oscar Arias-Sanchez. Bush Administration officials prefer that the program take effect after the February 25 elections in Nicaragua...
...with its influence over the Contras, the Bush Administration could force Nicaragua to keep its promise of democratic reforms--starting with the February 25 elections...
During the first seven months of his administration, Bush had some legislative victories, most recently his Savings and Loan industry bailout plan, which both Houses approved with only minor changes...
Recess Success: Humorist Will Rogers was once quoted as saying that no one's life or property is safe as long as Congress is in session. As true as that may be, no one is better off than President Bush now that the federal legislature has gone on its much-anticipated summer recess...
...Congress also dealt Bush the two biggest defeats of his early administration by rejecting the president's nominations of John Tower for secretary of defense and William Lucas for assistant attorney general in charge of the civil rights division...