Word: pledgees
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After the showy 1908 London Games, France's Baron Pierre de Coubertin, then president of the International Olympic Committee, shook his head and declared, "The Games must be less expensive." Nice point, Baron. Unfortunately, national pride intent on outdoing predecessors has blossomed, and so have the deficits. The 1976...
Known as the "Ride for Life," the group began its trek June 15 in Seattle, Wash, with nearly $35,000 in pledges and donations. Along the way, Pallotta said, the riders--averaging 80 to 100 miles per day--have raised an additional $35,000, much of it through checks and...
Since then, Japanese defense policies have evolved gingerly. In 1960 Washington and Tokyo signed a treaty in which the U.S. agreed to come to Japan's aid in case of an attack (Japan did not have to pledge to do the same for the U.S.). In 1976 Japan announced...
As the only nation to suffer the horrors of an atomic attack, Japan decided in 1956 never to acquire nuclear weapons. Nakasone has reiterated that pledge, though he, like his predecessors, must fudge a bit. The government vowed that atomic weapons would never be "introduced" into the country, but it...
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou called it "a historic day for Greece." Flanked by his entire Cabinet, he announced last week that his government had just initialed a new agreement allowing the U.S. to keep four major military bases and 20 smaller installations in Greece for another five years. The accord...