Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government did say that the country was so calm Saturday that many soldiers were given leave. Few troops were visible, even at the central barracks where Noriega lives...
...rebels in defiance of congressional bans? Were present and former Government officials, including Ronald Reagan and George Bush, involved in a cover-up of the covert campaign? Why were documents suggesting that the former and current Presidents were more deeply enmeshed in the affair than either has acknowledged not given to congressional investigating committees...
...said the President, fears that in any negotiations it would come under irresistible pressure to agree to a total ban on nuclear weapons in Europe. NATO forces would then have no way to beat back a possible invasion by the Warsaw Pact nations, given the Pact's superiority in conventional forces. While that advantage is impressive in numerical terms, many experts in the U.S. and Western Europe argue that both in morale and materiel, Warsaw Pact troops are highly overrated. Nevertheless, the Administration is intent upon upgrading U.S. defenses in Europe by replacing the 75-mile-range Lance with...
...left 20 Israelis and at least 361 Palestinians dead. But if another year goes by without any serious prospect of peace talks, Arafat may pronounce his initiative a failure. That could be the start of an even bloodier phase. According to Arafat confidants, P.L.O. activists may then be given the green light to start using bullets instead of stones against the Israeli occupation forces...
...have always given high priority to the problem of poor air quality," said School Committee member Larry Weinstein. "Now we must give it our highest priority. We've moved it to number one on the agenda...