Word: formalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wake of the two Philips Brooks House incidents, Harvard has cautiously remained separate from the student-run community organization. Although the two have no formal links, Harvard's attempt to distance itself from the organization is little more than a feeble smoke screen allowing the University to remain aloof--in the eyes of the law--from any possible tragedies that might hit home...
...Oliver North argued in his testimony last week, Cuban troops, serving as the Soviet "mercenary army," are stationed in Nicaragua, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and South Yemen. Testing the Soviets' true intentions will be tricky; the manipulation of Third World proxies is not an issue that lends itself to formal negotiations. Assistant Secretary Ridgway has been overseeing a series & of talks, initiated at Reykjavik, aimed at resolving regional disputes. "So far," she says, "nothing new of substance has emerged...
Solarz will hold committee hearings this week to force the Administration to take formal action against Islamabad. A six-year, $4 billion aid package for Pakistan is up for a vote in Congress this fall...
...death forced a halt in negotiations over constitutional reforms, as both Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung, the other primary opposition leader, observed a four-day period of mourning. But the government continued to relax its authoritarian grip on South Korean life. Chun granted formal amnesty to 2,335 South Koreans, including Kim Dae Jung, who had been banned from politics. Another group of 357 people jailed for politically related offenses was released; among them was the Rev. Moon Ik Kwan, one of the country's most prominent dissidents before he was found guilty of sedition following student protests...
...officials say they have no formal indication that the Soviets are trying to make an INF deal contingent on a framework involving SDI. "They are making tougher noises on INF," says a high-ranking Administration official, "but I have no sense that they are relinking." Another U.S. official close to the Geneva talks views Moscow's moves as typical presummit posturing. "Shock diplomacy is what they specialize in," says he. "Backtracking on ) INF linkage would be consistent with the kind of shell game we've come to expect...