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Word: exactions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conference. Carrington put forth a proposal that could stop the fighting in seven to ten days. It calls for the strict separation of the rival armies and the confining of the Patriotic Front forces to designated assembly points within the country. But the question of the guerrillas' exact legal standing during the cease-fire and election campaign, left ambiguous in the Carrington proposal, sparked a bitter verbal exchange between members of the rival delegations. Following the formal negotiating session, Salisbury's military commander, Lieut. General Peter Walls, branded as "nonsense" the guerrillas' claim to equal status with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: It Seems Like a Miracle | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...NCAA regulations state that the regional finals must be played on or before Tuesday, Nov. 24th, the exact date being determined by the athletic directors of the two participants. If the athletic directors fail to reach an agreement, the head of the district tournament committee will settle the dispute...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Harvard Hurt by Decision To Alter NCAA Schedule | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...dioxin is only one of hundreds of poisonous chemicals that have been seeping out of more than 40,000 industrial dumpsites across the nation And, although many of the exact sites and chemicals have already been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the vast majority of cases the federal agency has done nothing to stop the pollution. Instead, reports one EPA official, "There's been a cover...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: The Politics of Pollution | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

Shot in Czechoslovakia last summer, this three-hour film is remarkably exact in mood, feeling and physical trappings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Class of 1916 | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

True, there is currently some fascination, and some suspense, in watching Candidate Howard Baker, the Senate minority leader, calibrate the exact degree of his opposition to the SALT treaty. And it was exhilarating to see John Connally playing catchup, firing that long bomb of his about the Middle East-with results that have persuaded no other candidate of the usefulness of candor. But what happens when candidates no longer define issues as they used to be defined in terms of priorities in spending, or in terms of problems and solutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Soft on Issues, Sharp on Scores | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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