Word: dismissiveness
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...rner said that the general had been mixing with "criminal elements" at seedy gay bars in Cologne for at least a dozen years, a practice that left him open to blackmail. Evidence gathered in an investigation, said Wörner, gave the defense ministry no choice but to dismiss the general...
...first time. South African troops came into direct confrontation with those of Marxist Angola, supported by some of the country's estimated 26,000 Cuban soldiers and advisers. After five years of tortuous U.N. negotiation, the Angolan-Namibian situation is still at a violent stalemate: Angola refuses to dismiss its Cuban troops until South Africa withdraws; South Africa refuses to withdraw until the Cubans are dismissed. Meanwhile, South Africa will doubtless continue assisting the insurgent National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UMTA) in its attacks against the Angolan government...
...guerrillas demanded an end to both projects as well as to all French aid to Khartoum. The hostages were soon released, a result, diplomats say, of secret talks between the companies and the rebels. The government claims its forces rescued the hostages, but most analysts dismiss that as face-saving...
...security accord is approved, the President will have gained merely a little more time to study his options, not a full license to keep the Marines in Beirut through the election year. White House aides dismiss the possibility of a complete pullout right away, saying it would cause the Gemayel government to fall and lead to the permanent partitioning of Lebanon. At the same time, the aides are increasingly skeptical about the possibility of moving the troops away from the Beirut airport. To begin with, any redeployment would be discussed with Congress, which would only inflame the debate over whether...
...Margaret Heckler, 52, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Massachusetts Congresswoman (1967-82): John Heckler, 56, austere, hunt-loving Boston financier; after 30 years of marriage, three children; in Arlington, Va. Heckler said his wife "deserted and abandoned" him in 1963. Secretary Heckler asked the court to dismiss his suit...