Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accompanying public statement was, once again, even more muted. Said he: "I have expressed to the government of Israel the absolute necessity of re-establishing and maintaining a strict cease-fire in place." On the other hand, he noted his "strong conviction that the P.L.O. must not delay further its withdrawal from Lebanon...
Howard vividly recalls the anxiety of later "overhears." Says he: "Every delay, every long pause, and we wondered-had they figured it out?" In fact, one of the targets did figure it out. Suspecting after a second tape-recorded cocaine sale that he was being set up, the pusher threatened to kill Watson and his family. Instead, Chandler pressured the man to cooperate. "He flipped," says Chandler. "He was looking out for his ass." As it turned out, the "flipper" made drug buys that accounted for ten of the 13 indictments. In return he may escape jail...
...Economic and Business Affairs, also resigned. First appointed to the staff of Henry Kissinger's National Security Council in 1969, Hormats had served in economic posts during the past four Administrations. Among his other complaints, he objected to Reagan's efforts to block or at least delay the Soviet...
...Advisers Meese, Baker and Deaver were angry and bitter about Prime Minister Begin's refusal to reveal his plans or to "hold off on everything until after Reagan returned to Washington" illustrates the arrogance of the present Administration. Who do they think they are. requesting that another country delay a military operation deemed crucial to its security...
...sales will give the Soviets billions in hard cash that they can use to speed their military buildup. The release of Walesa would not change these strategic calculations. It has become increasingly clear that Washington's hopes of blocking the pipeline were slim. At most, American sanctions might delay construction, and that hardly seemed worth the cost in European ill-will. The White House clearly underestimated the depth of European resentment, despite warnings from, among others, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig (the pipeline furor played no small part in his abrupt resignation last month). British Prime Minister Margaret...