Word: obeyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intangible oil drilling costs and for accelerated depreciation of high-income housing, saving $4.5 billion. He also feels we could maintain our defense without a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Rep. James Shannon (D-Mass) suggests cutting back tax credits for money American companies pay foreign governments. Rep. David Obey (D-Wis) recommends raising the 46-per-cent top corporate tax rate to 48 per cent again, as well as imposing a 5 per cent surcharge on individual incomes above...
...Council quickly responded by naming a committee to handle the transfer of the hostages to another location, probably under military jurisdiction. Banisadr met with Khomeini Thursday morning. The Ayatullah did not explicitly instruct the militants to obey Banisadr, but after their meeting he reaffirmed his faith in the new President and in the Revolutionary Council...
Cambridge public schools yesterday began observing the new law for voluntary prayer in classrooms, after the School Committee voted last week to obey...
...week's end Mayor Byrne and the firemen's union had not resolved their dispute. The jailing of the union's president, Frank Muscare, for failing to obey a back-to-work order outraged firemen, but most were eager to return to work and the union began to soften its demands. Meanwhile, Chicago was making do. The number of blazes was running slightly below average, and only three people had died from fires in the 17 days, no more than the normal rate. Said one striking fireman of the city's fortunate residents: "Mayor Daley must...
...least in the West, for boycotting the Security Council to protest its refusal in 1950 to recognize Communist China; this helped clear the way for the U.N. to assist South Korea against the Soviet-backed North Korean invasion. A dependable apparatchik, he once told a Western diplomat: "I must obey my instructions...