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...Malcolm Wallop, one of Reagan's strongest defenders in the Senate, contends the U.S. mishandled the case. He believes it should have filed a countercomplaint in the World Court accusing Nicaragua of exporting revolution to El Salvador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explosion over Nicaragua | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...effort to stem the legal assault of the Cemetery Board and the funeral directors, Neptune's board of directors recently acquired a full-time mortician, an embalmer and a broker. But Telophase refuses to bend, and has boldly filed a countercomplaint against the Cemetery Board, charging excessive harassment. Says Neptune's Denning: "Telophase is a real maverick. We applaud them in their fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: California's Funeral Sails | 8/26/1974 | See Source »

...that France had offered to negotiate withdrawal of her forces from Tunisia, but only if Bourguiba ceased his "pressure and provocation." Declared Pineau grandiloquently: "France intends to defend her interests, and the Tunisian government must understand their sacred character." To offset Bourguiba's U.N. appeal, Pineau lodged a countercomplaint with the Security Council, charging, accurately enough, that Tunisia had permitted Algerian rebels to operate from Tunisian soil. Said Pineau: "We are the accusers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TUNISIA: The Accused | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

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