Word: mail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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British officials were furious at the faintheartedness on the Continent but publicly confined themselves to polite expressions of disappointment. Other reactions were more forceful. London's Daily Mail called the Europeans "jellyfish," while in the U.S. the Wall Street Journal titled its editorial on the subject "The Euro-Cowards." Snapped one disgusted senior Thatcher aide: "Either you're in the business of antiterrorism...
...Rome as an adviser to the Vatican on African missionary activities. He returned to London in 1980 to accept his current post with Runcie, thus becoming the first layman to be a personal aide to an Archbishop of Canterbury. While the job description called for someone who could handle mail and maintain links between the Archbishop and his 70 million-strong Anglican following around the world, Waite was not cut out for a desk job. The towering 6-ft. 7-in., 250-lb. envoy seems unable to sit still for long. He loves to travel, an addiction that makes...
...also attacked the Taiwanese government for blocking the free flow of mail, shipping and trade between the two countries...
...Question 6 would allow voter registration with an affidavit sent by mail instead of requiring a visit to City Hall. The measure is an excellent way to extend the opportunity to vote to citizens who are disabled or work...
Some South Africans fear that this sell-off of financial assets may not be the final U.S. corporate move. "Disinvestment is most likely the thin end of the wedge," said the Financial Mail, South Africa's leading business weekly. "The next demand could well be that no IBM or General Motors products be sold at all in this country." Such demands might be unlikely right away, since most agreements between U.S. companies that leave South Africa and their licensees guarantee continued delivery of the departing firm's products for a stipulated period of time. But new pressures for U.S. companies...