Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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> "The current Republican Administration did not invent inept Government, but it has saddled the country with ineffective Government . . . We pledge a Government in which the new Democratic President will work closely with the leaders of the Congress on a regular, systematic basis so that the people can see the results...
The largest single pledge totalled $3000, Ames said, adding that this pledge did not come out of the special-gift targeted group
There were without question a certain number of criminals among the latest refugees. Cuban Americans who had sailed to Mariel on Castro's pledge that they could pick up relatives there sometimes returned tearfully in boats carrying some young toughs, old winos and even prostitutes (Castro had long insisted...
At least one hostage was freed by Jimmy Carter's aborted rescue raid: the one in the White House. Five days after the failed mission to save the 53 American captives in Tehran, the President jettisoned his six-month-old pledge not to campaign until the hostages were home...
To counter the damage, some aides urged Carter at a strategy session earlier this month to begin campaigning, at least in a few nonprimary states. Carter refused the advice. He sounded a little regretful of his pledge not to campaign actively until the hostages are freed, but he was unwilling...