Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talk of boycotting Soviet spirits, however, there is not much evidence that sales are seriously falling. Some retailers claim that they are selling even more Stolichnaya by the case to hoarders who fear a permanent cutoff, or by the pint to those who dare not use it for entertaining. Ironically, one merchant noted that a brand left on the shelf in his store was Smirnoff, a domestic vodka distributed by Heublein. Says he: "People think it is Russian and they are refusing...
...freestyle-1. Hackett (H) 4:22.81 (pool record and NCAA cutoff); 2. Sharpe (I)4:30.43; 3. Countryman...
...breaststroke-1. Lundberg (H) 2:03.01 (school and pool record; NCAA cutoff); 2. Carbone (H) 2:05.50 (NCAA cutoff); 3. Schlatter...
...freestyle-1. Hackett (H) 1:38.09 (pool record and NCAA cutoff), 2. Sharpe (I) 1:39.85; 3. Chappell...
...answer is not as obvious as it seems: whether-and to what extent-to arm Pakistan. The U.S. suspended both military and economic assistance to Islamabad in April 1979, after concluding that Pakistan was secretly engaged in building a uranium-enrichment plant capable of making atomic bomb materials. That cutoff was required under U.S. laws aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Washington has reason to worry about the longevity in office of Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. Ever since he seized power 18 months ago, Zia has been promising to hold general elections...