Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President Carter had treated Taiwan shabbily, arguing that the U.S. had a continuing obligation to help defend Taiwan. Soon after taking office, Reagan was faced with a request from Taiwan for advanced F-5G jet fighters. Although the President later tried to mollify the Chinese by proposing instead to extend coproduction of the less sophisticated F-5E jets, he irritated Peking by sending Congress a proposal last month to sell $60 million worth of military spare parts to Taiwan...
...sophistication cannot possibly be unaware of the Soviet record on religious groups and individuals." The Rev. Carl F.H. Henry, a leading U.S. Baptist theologian, suggested that Graham's behavior could be explained by his desire not to embarrass the Russian Orthodox Church, which might extend him an invitation to return. "Billy Graham has a legitimate desire to preach the gospel to the nations of the world," affirms Henry. "But I wonder about the high priority he has given to returning to the Soviet Union on a broad-based evangelical crusade." Graham has confirmed his desire to return: "I would...
...five-year project, due to be completed on 1985, will extend the Red Line through Porter and Davis Squares, ending at the Alewife station in North Cambridge...
These moves came shortly after the Administration reversed longstanding objections to legislation to extend and strengthen the 1965 Voting Rights Act. With Reagan's support, a compromise version of the bill that had already passed the House was approved last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and is virtually certain of passage by the entire Senate...
Trailing the Brown nine, 6-5, in the bottom of the seventh inning of the opener. Harvard rallied to score two runs and extend its winning streak to seven...