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...nominee, elated by an eight-point lead over Dukakis in public opinion polls, relaxed at his Washington home this weekend before leaving tomorrow for appearances in New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, California and Ohio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Duke, Bentsen Launch Offensive | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

Gorbachev and Najib declared in the eight-point communique they "believe that the last obstacles to concluding the agreements have now been removed thanks to constructive cooperation of all who are involved in the settlement, and favor their immediate signing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: USSR Nears Agreement in Afghanistan | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

...authorities had massed overwhelming firepower to use if the Cubans began harming hostages at either facility, their best weapons proved to be mediators trusted by the Cubans, who worked with federal officials in tedious, often frustrating negotiations. In the Atlanta prison, the Cubans voted to accept a two-page, eight-point pact. When some 200 hard-liners still rejected the deal as inadequate, the majority needed "all of our effort and all of our force," as one detainee put it, to overcome their resistance. Approved in advance by Attorney General Edwin Meese, the agreement will apply to all the Marielitos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Promises, Promises | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...Atlanta uprising, which began November 23, ended early Friday when federal negotiators, inmate representatives and witnesses signed an eight-point agreement placing a moratorium on deportations of all Mariel detainees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cuban Inmates Surrender Prison | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...schedule for change. It is not necessary to wait until the election for these other reforms. Already President Chun has instructed his Cabinet to find a way of implementing my eight-point democratization proposal. The timetable for elections and the revision of the constitution should be resolved through negotiation with the opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was a Very Lonely Decision | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

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