Word: frederik
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pact to accept a ban on such weapons in northern Europe. But his remarks had been recorded a week earlier and were not precipitated by the wayward missile. In Norway, the government decided to send a note of protest to the Soviet Union, but the Norwegian defense chief, General Frederik Bull-Hansen, urged the press not to "dramatize" the story. Said he: "There is no reason to believe that the missile came over Norwegian territory to test our preparedness...
...eyes of reformers, however, Botha's government has been long on proposals and short on action. "It's the same old story of promises, promises, promises," said Opposition Leader Frederik van Zyl Slabbert last week. "History is not written about politicians' good intentions." As it is, the Botha government it self has managed to undermine many of its stated good intentions. The future success of its liberalizing policies, for example, is said to rest with a new 60-member President's Council, which is supposed to initiate the constitutional changes that may lead to parliamentary representation...