Word: moratorium
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...council came close to stopping the complex's construction in spring 1978 when a resolution requiring a moratorium on Harvard construction failed to get the necessary six votes from the council members...
...entire is sue. A Soviet with considerable experience in American affairs said last week that the furor in the U.S. over the brigade puzzled Soviet leaders and was forcing them to question the "stability and sanity" of the U.S. Government. He asked, "Must we always accept a moratorium on rational dealings every four years while your political system goes crazy?" He left open the possibility that the Kremlin might be willing to make some small adjustments in the brigade's status, such as pulling out its light tanks or tinkering with its deployment. But he said that Soviet leaders...
...Joseph Lowery, called a "divinely mandated" attempt to spread the gospel of nonviolence in the area, the S.C.L.C. leaders picked through the rubble of bombed-out villages in southern Lebanon, prayed for peace with Lebanon's President Elias Sarkis, and urged both Arafat and Israel to accept a moratorium on violent attacks. The civil rights leaders clearly learned a lot about the complex politics of the area. But inevitably, their visit also enhanced the status of the P.L.O. And by arguing that the P.L.O. should be invited to join the peace talks, they undoubtedly have added to the tension...
...unsuccessful fight to strip the professor of his status as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In the uproar over the Jensenist heresy, one black psychologist angrily called IQ testing "a multimillion-dollar supermarket of oppression," and the National Education Association urged a moratorium on all IQ tests of the young...
...dead set against it. I have been campaigning against settlements for the last ten years. Now, more than ever, while we are negotiating with the Egyptians, we should put a moratorium on new settlements," he explains...