Word: facto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear that there would be no agreement in the foreseeable future for the withdrawal of Syrian troops. The Marines soon found themselves de facto allies of the Lebanese Army in its struggle against Syria and its allied radical Muslim and Druze factions...
...depose him several years ago-he nonetheless realized it was in his country's interest to have cordial relations with the United States. To that end, he travelled to Washington last spring, only to be ignored by the Administration. The Prime Minister's death warrant was signed de facto there and there. Had Washington given Bishop the chance to establish a positive working relationship with his country, he might very well be leading Grenada on a moderate leftist course today, supported by some to the light he had previously spurned. Instead, the myopic U.S. policy squashed whatever hope there...
...past, this integrationist approach to women's studies has translated into a de facto repudiation of the discipline. The Faculty should seize upon the creation of the new joint-tenure position as an opportunity to evaluate women's studies throughout the College, and light a fire under the program...
...been taken by the Law School. However, we are not satisfied. Short-term and part-time appointments do not change the complexion of the Law School's tenured faculty. We are acutely aware that short-term palliatives simply do not resolve the fundamental problem of the legacy of de facto racial exclusion in tenured faculty appointments at Harvard and most other law schools...
...refugee ship Andria brought 360 immigrants into Haifa. Other ships brought war supplies to Tel Aviv. The new government announced its adherence to the principles of the U.N. Charter. At 21 minutes past midnight, Palestine time, President Truman announced: "The U.S. Government recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new state of Israel...