Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make a previously scheduled trip to Israel. The Shamir government, reacting to pressure from Congress, announced that it would not sign new military sales contracts with South Africa, although existing commitments would be unaffected. But the impasse over the Pollard affair was far from over. Declared a Western diplomat in Tel Aviv: "The Israelis have to understand that Washington wants blood...
...their homes by day. If the attacks are aimed at swelling the tide of refugees who have already poured from the city, which has dwindled from more than 1 million residents in 1980 to about 175,000 today, they are amply fulfilling Iran's expectations. Says a Western diplomat: "Basra is basically inoperable...
...students at this University deeply concerned with the crime of apartheid and the necessity of fundamental change in South Africa, are angered and saddened by the presence of a South African are diplomat on our campus. Nevertheless, according to the principle of free speech governing the University, we respect his right to speak here unimpeded. We collectively endorse the right of free speech of all members of the University...
...immediately to escort the diplomat from...
Tuesday night's blockade of a South African diplomat in the Science Center was not the first time Harvard students have expressed distaste for speakers on campus...