Word: motions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Critics of this slow-motion approach warn that a broad-based environmental emergency may already exist. Said Swedish Minister for the Environment Svante Lundkvist: "We know enough to take action now. We must act before it is too late...
...dilemma. Other jurisdictions, including California and the District of Columbia, technically forbid brown bagging but allow it in practice. (Some states, such as Illinois and Massachusetts, have no laws prohibiting customers from bringing alcoholic beverages into restaurants.) To straighten out the New York mess, legislative wheels are now in motion for passage of an amendment allowing brown bagging with the consent of restaurant owners. Officials at the SLA are taking the position that they were only doing their job. "We're dutybound to go after [violations]," said one spokesman. "If people don't like the law, let them...
...came to a head last November. Following a meeting with Machel in the Mozambique capital of Maputo, Crocker's deputy, Frank Wisner, flew to South Africa with a message for Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha: the time was ripe for bilateral talks with Mozambique. The discussions set in motion the exchange that led to last week's formal accord...
Scientists are not yet certain why high levels of cholesterol lead to heart disease or what sets the insidious process in motion. The most widely accepted explanation is the so-called injury theory, propounded by Russell Ross at the University of Washington in Seattle. According to Ross, the disease begins with damage to the thin layer of cells, or endothelium, that forms the protective lining of the arteries. In some cases, says Seattle Pathologist Earl Benditt, the lining may be harmed by viral infection. He has detected the presence of herpes virus in about 8% of atherosclerotic tissue samples. Damage...
...Jewish leaders have described a story told them by the President: he had been a member of an Army unit that photographed Nazi camps and therefore would never forget the Holocaust. Cannon, who as a Reagan biographer knows him well, says the President "spent the war with the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Corps, making training films in Hollywood and living at home." When asked, Reagan said he had never left the country and was talking about a Holocaust film he had seen at the time. Being caught in misstatements, which can be so devastating to other...