Word: directing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Portuguese newspapers have since claimed that Spain's Socialist government has countenanced the delivery of 175,000 tons of war materiel to Iran. The cargo was sent by Spain through Portugal after Madrid made direct shipments to Iran illegal in September 1986. Lisbon claims the Spaniards must have known what was going on, as many of the munitions shipped falsely to Portugal could not have been used in Portuguese weapons. Portugal has made a protest to Madrid. In addition, the respected Madrid daily El Pais has charged the Spanish government with selling $280 million of ammunition and military equipment...
...GORBACHEV. I have thoughts of a technical nature regarding strategic arms reduction. But first I would like to examine certain general issues. As a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I direct my appeals to the leadership of our country in particular, along with the other great powers with their special responsibility for the world situation...
...clear about what they want. "Most Koreans, whether students or not, favor a return to civilian government," says a former council president at Seoul National University who was jailed for 1 1/2 years for organizing a reading circle. "We want to see a change in the constitution and direct election of a President. This is the most important thing to end the crisis in the country...
...outbreak of literary activity, and the case of South Africa is no exception. Mating Birds, the first novel of Lewis Nkosi, a young Black South African writer, is a story set in and expressly concerned with the current political and social conditions of South Africa. It is short, clear, direct and intensely unforgiving--a cry from the heart, dedicated to "my grandmother, Esther Makatini, who washed white people's clothes so that I could learn to write...
...mother of seven upheld the Co-Madras' advocating nonviolent direct action as a means of bringing peace to El Salvador...