Word: establishments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...poor showing, the "Shadow Shogun" lost little of his strength. His faction, now 62 members, lost only four seats, and his support is crucial if Nakasone is to remain in office. So far, Nakasone's only concrete concession to anti-Tanaka forces has been a promise to establish a political-ethics committee in the lower house. But since Tanaka insists that he will take his seat in the new Diet, pressures to deal with the problem could build in coming weeks. Says a Fukuda lieutenant: "We went into the campaign without solving the Tanaka question. We now have...
...once impossible step is about to be taken. Last week a highly placed source told TIME Rome Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn that the U.S. and the Vatican have agreed in principle to establish full diplomatic relations and that the official announcement will occur any day. The Holy See has 102 accredited ambassadors, but it has long been concerned that three major powers, the U.S., the Soviet Union and China, are not formally represented. The Vatican has been particulary eager to win U.S. recognition...
...N.T.E. to be used for testing veteran teachers. Says Anrig: "Tests should not be used for practicing teachers because better information on their performance is available, based on observing what they actually do in the classroom with students." Clinton, however, maintains that "if we are going to re-establish the teaching profession as a profession worthy of respect, there have to be some standards of individual accountability...
...selection should go to the heroic Argentine airmen who, with total disregard for their lives, made the British pay a high price to re-establish colonialism in the South Atlantic...
...quality of life for West Bank Palestinians. TIME Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy was told by one of the Prime Minister's top aides that "Shamir is ready to enable the local population of the West Bank to run their own lives. He will seek ways to re-establish Arab mayors at all of the West Bank urban centers." More surprising, Shamir hinted that he was willing to "take a second look at the U.S. peace plan" advanced by Reagan last year...