Word: halts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...toward that end is expressly forbidden by a 1982 resolution of Congress. More moderate officials, including Shultz, believe that diplomacy can play a role in curbing Nicaragua's radical tendencies. In their view, the U.S. must show that it has the power and the will to halt the spread of Communism, but that should be balanced by a willingness to negotiate a regional settlement...
...conference of bishops' most dramatic incursion into public affairs prior to last week was a pastoral letter on nuclear war issued in May 1983. That document called for a halt on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons, as well as reductions in the number of existing arms...
...humane, responsible U.S. citizens, we, along with the Nicaraguans, have reason to worry and demand a halt to the U.S. covert war in Nicaragua. Carrie S. Govan...
...MacDonald's lawyers, who are preparing another appeal of his 1979 conviction, tried unsuccessfully to halt the telecast of Fatal Vision, claiming it would prejudice a prospective jury. Viewers may have a more legitimate beef. Fatal Vision is a dandy detective story, but it slyly skirts the real mystery: How could a man of such impeccable credentials, one so outwardly normal, be capable of these dark deeds? A tougher question for a tougher-minded TV movie...
...price by $1.50 per bbl., to $28.50, because it could not sell all it wanted to at the higher level. Britain quickly followed, and then Nigeria, an OPEC member, broke ranks with the cartel and lowered its price. OPEC members, fearful of a round of reductions, scrambled to halt the slide...