Word: proceed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...avoid any shedding of blood, I have given instructions to the army commanders that they will not proceed with repression [firing at the rebel troops] and today we all give thanks to God," said Alfonsin at the Buenos Aires rally...
...Aaron's book a disgruntled G.I. in Europe provokes the crisis by stealing a backpack-size nuclear bomb and threatening to detonate it unless the President withdraws nuclear forces from Europe. When the Kremlin hears about this, it activates its own crisis machinery, and the two sides inexorably proceed toward a macho nuclear confrontation. The chief of the Strategic Air Command warns that the C 3 system can absorb only a couple of hundred "hits" and still function. The National Security Adviser, who wants to prepare American missiles for launch even without the President's approval, argues, "If the Soviets...
...case has received eight years of protracted review, during which various judges have concluded that despite his claim of innocence, he is plainly guilty. Much of the evidence against him can never be perfectly scrutinized, but even in a U.S. courtroom, prosecutors would probably seek Soviet assistance or else proceed without evidence from the scene of the crime. Last May a federal appeals panel wrote, "The irony of Karl Linnas objecting to execution without due process is not lost on this court." If proceedings in the Linnas case cannot meet the highest standards that U.S. justice is capable of, does...
...Committee (sic) on March 24, contains views with which I strongly disagree. This statement of views may or may not bear any relation to the actual events. The Administrative Boards will decide that. But the argument that one can block certain exits so as to force an individual to proceed into a hostile and largely uncontrolled environment, with unpredictable consequences, and at the same time claim that no relevant infringement of freedom of movement is entailed, is neither logical nor acceptable in my judgement. Therefore, whatever the appropriate disposition of this incident based upon the events themselves, I hope that...
...unjustified." When former Foreign Minister Abba Eban pressed doggedly for such an investigation, Shamir urged caution. "Certain people generate echoes when they speak," Shamir told Eban, "and hence they should think twice before making a declaration." Later, when Eban announced that the Knesset's seven-member intelligence subcommittee would proceed with an inquiry of its own, Shamir for a time considered forbidding government officials to testify before it. The Cabinet subsequently promised to cooperate...