Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Namphy last week repeated his pledge to hold elections for a civilian government as soon as possible, but said the time was not yet right. One recently returned opposition politician described the country as a "rudderless ship drifting from one crisis to the next." Despite the council's positive gestures...
Moore attacked the Sandinista government for "violating its pledge" of political independence to make "a strong Soviet alignment," despite the United States' "extraordinary effort to have good relations" with the Sandinista government in its first two years.
The Boston rally was one of 300 across the country in a call to action by a national group, the Pledge of Resistance. The pledge is a network of about 80,000 people who have promised to protest U.S. intervention in Central America. There are more than 65 pledge signers...
The purpose of the action is "to make a strong statement that we don't wnat any aid at all, and are outraged that Congress should even consider it, since the Contras are thugs, terrorists, and criminals," said Anne Shumway, New England Regional Co-Coordinator for the pledge.
If the bill passes in the House today, pledge signers expect to have another action in the near future, Ross said.