Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the closing days of his 1987 electoral campaign, South Korean President Roh Tae Woo made a surprising pledge. If he won the country's first free elections in nearly two decades, the handpicked successor to ex-General Chun Doo Hwan promised to submit his administration to an interim vote...
Despite his wife's pledge not to seek child support in the event that she gives birth, Davis, a refrigeration-maintenance engineer, would remain legally liable for such support. His lawyer, Charles Clifford, says that Davis "cannot envision ever agreeing to letting Mrs. Davis have the eggs implanted into her...
WGBH, Boston's public television network, broadcast Sesame Street's 20th anniversary special as part of its pledge weekend programming. By the time the final credits rolled up the screen, this Sesame Streeter wished he had taped the show. He wanted to see it again and again and again. The...
When George Bush presented his 1990 budget last month, he reaffirmed his pledge to be the "education President." Yet the $36.5 billion he earmarked for education was $200 million less than the amount requested in the last Reagan budget. The decrease points up Bush's central problem in keeping his...
As leader of the fight for Tower, Dole appears to relish the opportunity to rescue Bush, who buried him in last year's New Hampshire presidential primary, and Sununu, who helped engineer the Bush victory in his state. "Dole was instrumental" in plotting the Tower strategy, said a senior Administration...