Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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For many modern Greeks, Papandreou's cry for change seemed right for the times. He promised to establish civil marriages, liberalize abortion, allow divorce by common consent, and separate church from state, a radical prospect in a religiously orthodox society. He attracted the votes of younger women with his...
Mubarak ordered his government to launch an attack on the economic malaise that many analysts consider to be the main cause of the discontent that threatens his regime. He got a big assist from Washington: a pledge to provide some $275 million for the purchase of 1.5 million metric tons...
No sooner had he moved into the Elysée Palace than he set about reflating the economy to fight France's record 7.7% unemployment. True to his campaign promises, he reversed predecessor Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's cautious policy by introducing a budget calling...
BUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S policy shift has not been without its critics, U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's consultation last March with high-level South African intelligence officials aroused fears that "constructive engagement" would involve Americans in the South African regime's repression of Blacks. A series if unexplained but highly...
DIED. Rómulo Betancourt, 73, baseball-loving, pipe-smoking former President of Venezuela, who was revered as the father of democracy in his country and a hero throughout Latin America for his opposition to oppression; of a stroke; in New York City. The son of poor Spanish immigrants, Betancourt...