Word: canceled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years, some air travelers have booked seats on several flights to the same destination and then boarded the one of their choice without bothering to cancel their other reservations, leaving the spurned carriers with empty seats. This old problem has become even worse since the air controllers walked off the job because passengers are even more fearful of missing a flight or being delayed. The day before Thanksgiving was a near disaster for many airlines. Some 25% of Delta's passengers at its hub airport in Atlanta were so-called no-shows...
...palace hushed as the ailing, 74-year-old guest rose ponderously from his chair. While his host, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, unceremoniously popped a stick of chewing gum into his mouth, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev began to deliver his first public statement since President Ronald Reagan offered to cancel deployment of new U.S.-built nuclear missiles in Western Europe if the Soviets would dismantle the counterparts in their growing arsenal...
...Though its origins are murky, the term "zero option" has been used by different people to describe various schemes for eliminating or reducing intermediate-and medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe. On the face of it, President Reagan's version seems straightforward enough. The President has proposed to cancel the planned deployment of 108 Pershing II and 464 ground-launched cruise missiles. In turn, the Soviets must agree to dismantle some 350 aging SS-4 and SS-5 missiles, plus 250 or more new SS-20 missiles...
...subscribes to neither of these patterns. The president has no discernable interest in foreign affairs and has assigned it a low priority on his administration's agenda. Earlier this year, he downgraded the National Security Council (NSC) from a policy-making body to a deliberative one. These two factors cancel the White House out of assuming the leadership in conducting foreign policy...
...Winthrop House Drama Society may have to cancel its production of "Brimstone and Treacle" because a film production company has purchased exclusive rights to the play...