Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan and his aides did not expect the Israelis to apologize for the Baghdad raid, or publicly pledge strict new restraints on their military operations, when State Department Counselor Robert McFarlane met with Begin last week to discuss the use of American weapons. But the Administration was dismayed that the...
Defense Secretary Weinberger, meanwhile, reiterated his customary harsh assessment of Soviet intentions and capabilities in a speech he gave at Fort McNair, in Washington, D.C. Charged Weinberger: "It is neither reasonable nor prudent to view the Soviet military buildup as defensive in nature." Both addresses got Soviet attention. TASS dismissed...
At the least the statement showed that President Reagan was increasingly concerned about the stark problem of more and more nations getting their hands on the bomb, or on the materials and expertise to make one if they so desired. As recently as January 1980, Reagan said that nuclear proliferation...
On the campaign trail last summer, Ronald Reagan promised that, as President, he would see to it that interest rates came down and stayed down. His pledge is already something of an embarrassment around the White House. Instead of declining, as Administration economic officials have been predicting all spring, interest...
To ensure impartiality, members of the Independent Educational Counselors Association, a finders' professional organization formed in 1976, pledge to refuse any fees or payment from schools they recommend. It was not always so: in the 1930s, when private schools were less crowded than they are today, payments of 10...