Word: dismissal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...little edge, something Alexander Hamilton called "the vigor of the executive authority." The capital now awaits the exercise of that authority. Reagan is the only person right now who can set an agenda, who can define national priorities and avoid a Government gridlock that is too near to dismiss. "There is a crisis," says Jim Jones. "Reagan has got to define that crisis for the nation." Reagan spent most of the campaign painting a picture of national wellbeing, so these next weeks will require a large measure of tact and political suppleness. If he succeeds, he will have mastered...
...West Bank and Gaza Strip to attend, only 249 members of the 374-seat council were needed for a quorum. To cobble the necessary numbers, Arafat aides persuaded the deputy speaker to appoint several dozen loyalists temporarily to vacant seats. On the second day the delegates voted to dismiss Khaled Fahoum, the council speaker and an Assad ally, and replace him with Sheik Abdul Hamid al Sa'eh of Jordan...
Time Inc. argues that Sharon's interpretation of the paragraph distorts its intended meaning. It contends that the magazine's account of the meeting is correct, and did not damage Sharon's reputation. In a motion filed last month to dismiss the case, Time Inc.'s attorneys invoked the act of state doctrine, which holds that a U.S. court is not the proper place to debate the actions of a foreign government. They added that the refusal of the Israeli government to release key documents, including the disputed appendix, made a fair trial impossible. U.S. District...
...constitutional recognition of Sikhism as a distinct religion different from Hinduism and the arrangement for broadcast rights from the Golden Temple on the All India Radio. The contentious issues, however, have been the very demands of religious, political, economic and territorial nature that involve other states and therefore dismiss the feasibility of simple bilateral bargaining between the Sikhs and the central government. Rights over the Punjab river waters, the transfer of the city of Chandigarh (which had been given to Haryana in 1966) to Punjab, and political autonomy for Punjab except for the central government's retainment of control over...
...along the lines desired by the original leaders of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Such as invasion would actually play into the hands of the Sandinistas by galvanizing support. The Sandinistas are fully aware of the constraints-from Congress, public opinion, and other nations-placed on Reagan, and they can safely dismiss the possibility of a general landing of U.S. troops...