Word: elliott
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...stiff early--my fastball wasn't too good," Brandeis's starting pitcher Mike Elliott said of Harvard's three-run, four-hit inning...
...than simply hang on last week. In a show of force, his troops manhandled selected opposition leaders and foreign journalists. Within days, a Washington-backed general strike began to crumble, easing the pressure on Noriega to leave and making it clear to all that he remained in charge. Conceded Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- American Affairs and chief architect of the White House campaign to oust Noriega: "I guessed wrong. I thought he'd be gone...
...felt we should set a precedent," said Emory Elliott, chairman of Princeton's English department and one of the judges. "We felt that he has continued to make a major contribution to American drama and dramatic criticism throughout his life...
...even as the U.S.-Panamanian showdown grew more bitter, rumors circulated that the two sides might strike a deal. According to Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, a Noriega envoy had asked whether the indictment could be withdrawn. "The general is willing to go, but he's not going to be dragged out like a dog," said a Panamanian who knows the general well. Another Panamanian hinted that the leader might consider retiring on April 23, the 25th anniversary of his entrance into the Defense Forces. A second possible date: Aug. 12, when Noriega completes...
Dropping all pretense that Delvalle is calling the shots alone, the State Department asked again for Noriega's removal. Secretary of State George Shultz declared that "Noriega is a drug runner and he has to go." Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams explained that the Noriega government has a public payroll of $65 million a month and has only enough cash left for another month. "After that, he's out of money...