Word: halts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hashemi's supporters were quoted by Al-Shiraa as saying Iranian officials demanded in the talks with McFarlane that the United States halt military, financial and political aid to Iraq, which has been at war with Iran for six years...
Other researchers have their doubts. They point out that although the immune systems of most AIDS victims make antibodies to the virus, the antibodies do not seem to halt the progression of the disease. There are several apparent explanations...
...Reagan Administration for failing to help Middle Americans adapt to the postindustrial age. Millions of citizens, they contend, have lost their middle-class jobs in aging industries like autos and steel and have plunged into the minimum-wage realm of floor mopping and hamburger flipping. By failing to halt the middle-class shrinkage, the argument goes, the U.S. could allow itself to become a two-tiered society of rich and poor. Declares M.I.T. Economics Professor Lester Thurow: "Wherever one looks, one now finds rising inequality...
What can be done, if indeed something should, to safeguard the center? M.I.T.'s Thurow believes the Government should take a stronger hand in helping industries improve the country's global competitiveness and halt the outflow of well-paying jobs. The Brookings Institution's Lawrence disagrees, recommending instead that the Government should make more of an effort to retrain and relocate workers whose skills have become unwanted...
...Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Kerry, who released the study last week, said it "raises serious questions about whether the U.S. has abided by the law in its handling of the contras over the past three years. Until the questions are fully answered, we believe Congress should halt assistance to the contras...