Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...announcement. "Why is this letter coming out now of all times?" she asked. Unsatisfied by a vague answer from O'Connor, Ferraro pleaded, "I think that if you make reference to it again, you ought to make it clear you're referring to a 1982 document...
...chief negotiator, presented a 20-page proposal on job security that he called "one of the most far-reaching and most important offers we've ever made." The next day, Bieber agreed that the GM plan "has the potential to be a far-reaching document," though he conceded that "we still have a great deal of work to do." But further study by the union showed that the proposal barely acknowledged its demand for less production abroad, calling only for "discussions" on "sourcing decisions...
...Department's closet with a clunk last week. A spokesman announced that the Reagan Administration at long last would seek Senate ratification of a United Nations pact denouncing genocide. The move came less than three weeks before the Senate's scheduled adjournment, making formal consent to the document this session virtually impossible. Stranger still, the Administration's sudden backing occurred after 3½ years of silence about the treaty, which has been supported by Reagan's seven immediate predecessors despite its languishing among the Senate's unfinished business for more than 35 years...
...document reveals the acute dilemma that the church leadership faces. Even while it opposes the radical nature and methods of liberation theology, it supports the battle against social ills and in justice. Referring to Latin America, it condemns military dictatorships, corruption and economic exploitation. These ills, the decree says, "nourish a passion for revolt among those who thus consider themselves the powerless victims of a new colonialism in the technological, financial, monetary or economic order." And the logic and language of Marxism, it declares, are "incompatible with the Christian vision of humanity...
...Leonardo Boff, is due in Rome to undergo interrogation on his writings. The Vatican also faces a decision on what to do about the liberation-minded priests in Nicaragua, including Father Cardenal, who last week defied a church deadline for quitting government posts. The unusual haste with which the document was printed also indicates that John Paul wants to clear the air before next month, when he is scheduled to visit the Caribbean and Jesuit leaders in Latin America will hold a critical meeting...