Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were put on Delta alert, a battle-ready status that calls for American forces to secure U.S. facilities. At about 11:45 p.m. two rebel lieutenants appeared at the gate of Fort Clayton, the main U.S. Army base in the canal zone, and were ushered into an office to meet with Southcom's deputy commander, Army South Brigadier General Mark Cisneros. The rebels insisted they were holding Noriega...
...Administration's caution may have been reinforced by the presence of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, who was in the White House Tuesday morning to meet with Bush. As the coup unfolded, Bush briefed Salinas on the developments; not surprisingly, the President did not do the same for General Dmitri Yazov, the Soviet Defense Minister, who visited the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon...
Delegates from 100 nations will meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, this week to decide whether to declare the giant of beasts an endangered species. Such an action could trigger a global ban on ivory trading, but some countries may not go along, and smuggling will no doubt continue. Only a sharp drop in demand for gleaming white tusks can save the elephant. See ENVIRONMENT...
...officials responded by pointing out that the new policy is intended to be merely a political guideline and does not have the force of law. In any case, Lucy lovers have little to fear for the foreseeable future: European producers are not up to creating enough shows to meet the new requirement...
...companies could meet such standards by upgrading their current pollution controls rather than developing expensive new systems. For example, the bill would require that catalytic converters, now guaranteed to be effective for 50,000 miles, be beefed up to last 100,000 miles. Other alterations would range from adding a microchip to monitor a car's pollution controls to expanding a charcoal canister that catches evaporating gasoline fumes when a car's engine is off. The EPA estimates that such improvements could raise car prices as much as $200 by 1996 and $500 more...