Word: eves
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Gorbachev was dismissive of the American offer but did not reject it outright. Said he: "Since the reply was received literally on the eve of this congress, the United States apparently expects our attitude to the U.S. stand to be known to the world from this rostrum . . . It is hard to detect any serious proposals on the part of the U.S. Administration to get down to resolving the cardinal problem of eliminating the nuclear threat." Gorbachev went on to hint that fixing a date for his next summit meeting with Reagan would depend on progress at the U.S.-Soviet nuclear...
Finally, the violence in Alexandra came on the eve of a meeting between South African officials and international bankers who have been demanding evidence of racial reforms before they would agree to reschedule part of South Africa's $24 billion foreign debt, which has been frozen since last September. Last week the two groups met in London and agreed to a short-term compromise that renews existing loans to South Africa...
...Marcos. Pacificador, 55, is an attorney who reportedly won Marcos' loyalty by purging references to bought votes from the record of the 1971 Constitutional Convention. He won his seat in the National Assembly by beating Javier in one of the most controversial campaigns of the 1984 election. On the eve of the voting, seven Javier supporters were killed during a shoot-out with Pacificador and his followers. The Ministry of Justice investigated, but never released its findings...
...Post also said that, "at the urging of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration," officials of booster manufacturer Morton Thiokol agreed to the cold-weather launch on the eve of liftoff after twice recommending against...
That common touch has served Babangida well since last Aug. 27, when he came to power in a military coup. Babangida deposed the country's former military leader, Major General Mohammed Buhari, who himself had overthrown the government of President Shehu Shagari in a 1983 New Year's Eve coup. Buhari had alienated the country of some 95 million people with his repressive tactics, which included jailing political enemies and using military tribunals instead of civil courts to dispense justice. Babangida's bloodless, well- planned takeover was the fifth in Nigeria since it gained independence from Britain...