Word: implementation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year-old Afrikaner president offered to implement a U.N. resolution granting independence to Namibia if the Cubans left Angola. Namibia, or South-West Africa, is under South African administration and is a target of guerrillas operating from Angola...
...have dug deep and made contributions of $5,000 or more. The Sac City Sun Star, which has cut its publication cycle from twice to once a week as the town has suffered, runs pledge coupons along with ads from the two supermarkets and local auto and farm-implement dealers. "No contribution is too small," says Hobbs. "We're practically raiding our kids' piggy banks." One high school sophomore gave $10 out of his accumulated allowance...
...Gramm-Rudman bill, passed in December 1985, could have forced Congress to implement budget cutting measures which would have struck 500,000 students from the Pell Grant system, which helps subsidize college educations, and disqualified 600,000 students from receiving federally guaranteed loans...
...REASONS FOR the University's unfortunate and premature commencement of the internship program become clear when you consider the traditional timing of divestment protests on campus. What better way to preempt spring protests than to implement a program to give students the opportunity to practice what they preach. When bombarded this coming spring with indignant slogans, Harvard administrators will be able to say: We're doing something concrete while you're just waving signs--if you really want to do something, why don't you sign up for internships...
...Monday--Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation, acting on a dare from Financial Vice President Thomas O'Brien, votes to implement a tuition plan modelled on Manhattan parking rules: in odd-numbered years, people with last names starting with vowels or consonants contained in the words "Rich Old White Men" do not have to pay tuition. In even-numbered years, everyone else is absolved. Consequently, 1986-7 College tuition hits $45,900. Comments a stunned O'Brien, "Jezz--I didn't know those guys had such a great sense of humor...