Word: directives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taking the prediction to heart, Kaku has spentthe last year and a half helping to circulate ananti-Star Wars petition among scientists.Initiated in May of '85 by John Kogut, a physicsprofessor at the University of Illinois, thedocument comes, Kogut says, "in direct response tothe government's attempt to militarize science...
...also outlined a series of demands for a settlement, including direct talks with Moscow...
...guerrilla leader, one of the dominant figures in the alliance, called for a settlement which would start with direct talks between Moscow and the insurgents on the sole subject of arranging an immediate Soviet withdrawal. The guerrillas would guarantee safe passage to withdrawing Soviet troops, he said...
...finally began on Jan. 1. For those who thought the tax frenzy would finally die down -- surprise! They may soon discover that even as their federal tax rates fall, they will have to pay a bigger bite of their income than before to their state. This paradox is the direct result of federal tax reform, whose provisions will, unless modified by state governments, trigger billions of dollars in additional state taxes. What to do with the windfall is already causing consternation and debate in state legislatures across the country. Predicts Bob Griffin, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives: "This...
...fact that LACMA has made a new wing for modern and contemporary art its main sign of growth suggests that it falls in direct competition with MOCA. But LACMA's director, Earl ("Rusty") Powell III, brushes this aside. Robert Anderson, he points out, urged Arco to give $1 million to MOCA as well as $3.6 million to LACMA. And in any case, LACMA's master plan for expansion was mostly drawn up before the 1980 announcement of MOCA's founding. "The record has already proved that we haven't detracted from each other in the search for funds," says Powell...