Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good, old-fashioned editorial journalism. We turn to the practitioners of this dying art when the political scientists, office-holders, and bureaucrats who run our society become myopic and need the aid of minds less mired in the supposed "possible." Hirschorn himself could assume this role, if he'd lift his nose from the rulebooks. Scott A. Rosenberg...
...Reagan Administration offered a modest olive branch to Poland last week. Encouraged by Warsaw's decision to free 652 political prisoners, the U.S. decided to lift some of the sanctions it had applied after Polish leaders imposed martial law in 1981. LOT, the Polish airline, will again be permitted to land in the U.S., and scientific exchanges between the two countries will be resumed. Moreover, if the Polish government completely carries out the announced amnesty, the U.S. will go one additional step: it will withdraw its opposition to Poland's desire for membership in the International Monetary Fund...
...thrusting and parrying in print began when Pravda harshly criticized a West German decision to lend $330 million to ease East Germany's pressing foreign debt. At the same time, East Germany had agreed to lift some travel restrictions between the two countries. The Soviet commentary accused Bonn of using "economic levers and political contacts" to "impose its dominance and encourage a chauvinistic spirit" in East Germany. The East German Communist party daily Neues Deutschland called attention to the criticism by publishing the full text of the Pravda article. Two days later, the East German paper countered by reprinting...
...opposition parties said at week's end that it had nominated former Junta Member Arturo Cruz, who is expected to return this week from voluntary exile in the U.S., as its presidential candidate. The opposition insists, however, that it will not enter the race until the Sandinistas lift the state of emergency and relax other controls over the country. Reacting to the Sandinistas' announcement, President Reagan declared that "no person committed to democracy will be taken in by a Soviet-style sham election...
Jaruzelski has another reason for this calculated charity: he hopes that it will persuade Washington to lift the U.S. trade sanctions imposed after martial law took effect. But he may be disappointed if he expects clemency to soften opposition inside Poland. Adam Michnik, 37, one of the quartet on trial, has announced that he does not want amnesty. If Michnik still desires his day in court, he will have to break the law after his release...