Word: pledgees
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On the first point, the Soviets have already seen the Administration come a long way. On Memorial Day, Reagan reluctantly and belatedly committed the U.S. to abiding by the unratified 1979 SALT II agreement, as well as the expired 1972 SALT I accord on offensive weapons, as long as the...
Still, any use of the weapon may be a violation of the Israelis' reported pledge to use it only against two or more Arab states. Israel not only does not consider the P.L.O. to be a state; it does not recognize the organization as a legal entity.
Most of Mexico's political frustration is now directed at outgoing President Lopez Portillo. When he took office in 1976, the urbane Mexican leader was seen as the right man to correct the errors of his left-leaning predecessor, Luis Echeverria Alvarez. The charismatic President speedily pushed Echeverria'...
How will Congress then deliver on its pledge to help trim the budget deficit? "Beats me," shrugs Colorado Republican William Armstrong, a member of the Senate Finance Committee. "It's painful work. It's kind of like walking over coals barefoot." Adds Texas Democrat Kent Hance of the...
For his part, Fitzgerald declared that he was "obviously not" pleased. Said he: "It ought to frighten anyone who loves liberty." Though disappointed, Fitzgerald will not come off completely emptyhanded. In 1980, in exchange for Fitzgerald's pledge not to take the case to trial even if he prevailed...