Word: objects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, The Satanic Verses publisher Viking Penguin has said that it would arrange not to publish a paperback version of the book if such a move would end the controversy and death threats that have arisen. We would strongly object to this type of agreement, which would jeopardize the future of Rushdie's novel. The human mind must not be held hostage...
...with the energy ministry. His salary was $200,000 a year, plus periodic raises, bonuses and a commodious house in Tripoli. "I am working 365 days for them, any time they need me," he says. "And I have to make this Rabta project. I saw it as a nice object, very clean, a big one. And I say, 'Why not?' And I start planning with them the technology center." What Barbouti may not have known was that the Libyans had sought a chemical-weapons capability as early as 1978; by 1984 they had already bought the compounds needed to produce...
...over a January ruling by Gesell. The judge had said he would allow North to introduce some classified information "without benefit of a further ruling" and to bring in still more on cross-examination of Government witnesses "if the court finds it appropriate." To the security agencies, which generally object to declassification of any secrets whatever, that sounded like an open invitation to spill the beans on all sorts of potentially damaging (or at least embarrassing) information. They prevailed on Thornburgh to press Walsh to appeal the ruling. When Walsh refused, Thornburgh asked the Supreme Court...
...thrift industry seemed to meet the proposal with grudging acceptance but a fair amount of grumbling. Healthy S & Ls object philosophically to paying excessive cleanup costs for their fraudulent and incompetent brethren. Says Adam Jahns, chairman of Chicago's Craigin Federal Savings & Loan: "I don't think we should have to pay for serious crimes committed by others." Another complaint by S & Ls is that by combining thrift and banking supervision, the Bush plan may blur the distinction between the two and eventually remove any competitive advantage the thrifts still have, principally the ability to borrow long-term funds from...
...educators object to the idea of the news program itself. Modeled on the Today show and Good Morning America, Channel One will be a fast-paced montage of news headlines, facts and features, along with a focus piece examining one story in depth. The young announcers, who include Kenny Rogers Jr., son of the country-and-western singer, will even spring pop quizzes on their viewers. Example: Which of these two is older, the pyramids or the Great Wall of China? (Answer: the pyramids...