Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The most the two sides could come up with was a joint pledge to continue negotiations aimed at maintaining "the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong." That was not especially reassuring for the residents, who, perhaps unrealistically, had expected Peking's guarantee that it would preserve the colony'...
Delta helped the drive indirectly by providing fund raisers with a room, some desks, and the use of its teletype equipment for soliciting efforts in behalf of "Project 767." Last week each Delta employee's pay envelope included a pledge card asking for a voluntary salary deduction over the...
His weather prediction proves accurate, and on Christmas Day he writes: "[Clifton] has devoted a lot of time to weeping and telling very, very long stories about the various deaths of his various beloved friends. He retails these gruesome memories with a wealth of maudlin detail. How he first heard...
THE SOLUTION seems obvious: prevent stations from broadcasting exit polling results until all election booths are closed. However, that runs counter to the principle of free speech that is mentioned on the same document as free elections. Therefore, a compromise has to be struck. The networks should pledge to keep...
At the heart of the dispute was the insistence of the engineers on preserving their traditional 15% to 20% pay advantage over other railworkers. Negotiations for a new contract for all 13 railway unions began in August 1981; although eleven of the 13 unions agreed on the terms, the talks...