Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...death penalty is the ultimate punishment for Charlie Brooks [Dec. 20]. It also grants equity to the victim. Brooks' execution is proof that in a civilized society, people cannot commit barbaric acts without paying the consequences...
...pipeline to Western Europe. Last week Shultz and French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson gave every appearance of having patched up that squabble. It was announced that several study groups would be set up to explore ways of coordinating trade relations with the Soviet Union, but France still refused to commit itself to a new accord on East-West trade...
...senior guard Calvin Dixon swished a high-arching jumper, then bounced back to commit a well-timed foul. Crusader failures at the line coupled with four free throws, compliments of sophomore Bob Ferry and Co-Captain George White to chop the Crusader lead to two. But when Wildes' lay-up slipped off of the rim, the Crimson comeback had failed...
Though the so-called agreement still has not been published, by all accounts it is indeed tenuous. The Europeans promised to study alternatives to Soviet-supplied energy and new restrictions on high-technology exports and low-interest loans to the Soviet bloc. They did not commit themselves to any specific acts. Washington, finally aware that the sanctions were dividing the alliance without stopping the building of the pipeline, needed an excuse to end them. Said one senior adviser to Reagan: "We didn't want cheese. We just wanted out of the trap." The French attempt to deny Reagan even...
...nuclear arsenal, we must also be aware that not only is it wrong to attack civilian populations but it is also wrong to threaten to attack them as part of a strategy of deterrence." The bishops were applying the traditional teaching that it is as wrong to intend to commit an evil act as it is to commit it. In 1979, testifying on behalf of the hierarchy before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cardinal Krol went further. He flatly ruled out use or "declared intent" to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances, presumably because masses of civilians would inevitably...