Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some Christian Democrats who had favored negotiating with the terrorists agreed that the proposed prisoner exchange was an impossible demand. After another huddle with party leaders, Premier Giulio Andreotti confirmed that the government's tough stand was "a political and moral duty" that was "definitive." Yet another letter from the tragic victim was received at week's end. In it, Moro, quite possibly under duress, begs his Christian Democratic colleagues to convene a special party conference to discuss the issue of his release...
...difficulty finding other forums. Six party intellectuals, writing collectively in Le Monde, charged that the central committee's "no responsibility" position was contrary to the "need for broad and profound reflection on what has happened." Jacques Frémontier, editor of the party magazine Action, penned an open letter of resignation to Marchais: "We made a mistake−on the Socialist Party, on power, on the Common Program, on the union of the left, on tactics...
...surplus of 1.000 hospital beds. Grumbled State Representative Mandell Matheson: "We are not talking about man building a monument to God, but man building a monument to man." The Oklahoma Health Planning Agency, a federal advisory board, recommended disapproval of Roberts' application. But after an intensive nationwide letter-writing campaign by the evangelist's supporters and lobbying by political friends, the state's health planning commission last week gave Roberts a go-ahead to begin building. Still, God's plans were somewhat modified: 294 beds at first, with later expansion...
...Fourth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last year that a clause in the student government constitution at the University of North Carolina (UNC) designed to ensure that black students were adequately represented "blatantly fouls the letter and the spirit of both the Civil Rights Acts and the Fourteenth Amendment." The ruling overturned a district court decision in favor of the minority clause...
Epps sent a letter to Calabrese before the ratification vote stating that he had informed Calabrese about the court decision and its possible ramifications in order that he might protect himself should the issue become controversial, Calabrese said last week...