Word: pledgees
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Ronald Reagan lived up to a campaign pledge last week, and the nation cheered. At a hastily arranged television appearance in the White House press room, the President referred to his promise as a candidate that he would name a woman to the Supreme Court, explaining: "That is not to...
Perhaps the greatest threat to the new government lies in Northern Ireland. I.R.A. Militants Kieran Doherty and Paddy Agnew, both 26, won seats to the Dáil in last month's election, but neither has been able to attend. They are prisoners in the H-block of Ulster...
To be accepted into the Socialist Cabinet, the Communists not only had to pledge themselves to support Mitterrand's program and pace, but they had to disavow a number of their basic foreign policy positions. Key quotes from the agreement with the Socialists:
No firm date has been set for any nationalizations, and there is a growing feeling that a government takeover may simply involve ministerial supervision of the boards of major companies. Confided a prominent business leader in Paris last week: "I met with Mitterrand ten days ago and I could tell...
The Central Committee meeting closed with a pledge to address the Soviets' key concerns. While affirming the commitment to the "process of renewal," the committee's final resolution promised a "re-evaluation of journalistic cadres" -signaling a probable purge of journalists -and called for the forces of public...