Word: disavower
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...that the U.S. was terribly worried about the possible escalation. In Washington, a task force was set up to monitor events. Under Secretary of State Walter Stoessel met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin and urged the So viets to restrain their Syrian ally. Meanwhile, the State Department scrambled to disavow any responsibility for approving the Israeli operation. Said State Department Spokesman Dean Fischer: "I want to make it fully clear that the U.S. has not given a green light to Israel to undertake any military action in Lebanon...
...Western European allies even think of accepting the barbaric Khmer Rouge [March 2] in the U.N.? Unless the resistance groups in Cambodia disavow the Khmer Rouge, there is no excuse for the U.S. to give them any support, not even moral. The regime now in power may be proSoviet, but it is not carrying out mass murders. It would be disgraceful for the U.S. to help bring back this terror for the sake of controlling Soviet expansion...
...Penny Marshall, president of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), said last night that Bok in his open letter, "does not address or disavow the findings of Klitgaard, and we are concerned about that...
That study suggested that high test scores may overpredict the academic performance of minorities and women, and Third World students had asked Bok to disavow the report...
...Catholic institutions. Above all, it does not want to risk an intervention by the Soviets, who might try to stamp out religious rights. The church's censure of Kuron could aggravate a split between moderates and militants in Solidarity. Walesa, himself a moderate, has resisted all efforts to disavow the dissidents so far. Nevertheless, grumbling about his supposed timidity has increased among union militants. "The clergy has an important influence on him," says one unionist, "and I'm not sure it's a wise...