Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then came a seemingly offhand bombshell. Said Berri: "We are prepared to hand the kidnaped persons over to a Western embassy, Swiss or French, whichever they (U.S. officials) choose." Alternatively, he said, Amal might "send the airplane with all the hostages to Damascus." Berri attached one giant condition: Syrian President...
* May 7, 1984: the Undergraduate Council passes a resolution pointing out the clubs' failure to sign the College's non-discrimination pledge, and sets an October 1 deadline for the clubs to admit women. Otherwise, it says, the council will consider asking the College to sever all ties with the...
Mayor W. Wilson Goode immediately accepted full responsibility for everything that happened. He was prompt to pledge, in a visit to the emergency shelter at St. Carthage Church, that the city would rebuild the houses lost in the fire, and at no cost to the owners. He promised to make...
But the composition of the cuts is not quite what Reagan had suggested. The President accepted a one-year freeze on Social Security benefits, which otherwise would go up 4% within the next year as an adjustment for inflation. That exposed him to bitter charges that he was violating a...
The Administration prefers a federal program called the Job Training Partnership Act, which gives grants to state and community agencies so that they can tailor the training to local needs. Some municipal governments have made it a top priority. Washington Mayor Marion Barry last month guaranteed a summer job to...