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...labeled "Afghanistan." They were released by the White House to Washington reporters just two hours before Reagan's press conference, along with the final briefing book presented by the Carter people, Reagan's final briefing book and a few memos. The surprising quantity of the material helped prompt the flurry of questions. Reagan remarked later to aides that he had fumbled his answers about the ethical implications of using an opponent's confidential papers...
...tossing out the sentence, the court noted that all of Helm's crimes were relatively minor, that none involved violence and that the punishment he received was the same or stiffer than that imposed in the state for far more serious crimes. The decision may prompt judges to be less draconian in sentencing small-tune offenders, but civil liberties lawyers expect no flood of petitions from current prisoners, in part because most state sentences cannot be challenged after 120 to 200 days...
...knowledge's sake, but the power to mandate a safe work environment. Simply knowing that the chemicals he handles each day are carcinogens is no great boon to a worker who cannot afford to leave his job. Employers are justified in their fears that the new law would prompt rigorous, and yes, costly safeguards in the future...
Some of the disputes have been settled. South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. reportedly reached an agreement in which, in exchange for prompt payments, it sent 2,000 Korean workers back to Iraq. But the Iraqis have not yet convinced the Philippine government that its citizens, who work in Iraq in a variety of service jobs, should receive 40% of their pay in local currency and the balance in bonds that could be redeemed in hard currency after two years. Nor have foreign businessmen been able to find their own financing for projects that Iraq no longer...
...quickly they must go to the general because problems referred to the President's office all too often become entangled in bureaucratic red tape. The Honduran Congress, which was restored in 1982, has been timid about exercising its constitutional powers, although the recent U.S.-Honduran military talks may prompt reluctant legislators to make a show of protest. Carlos Orbín Montoya, vice president of Congress, has openly questioned whether Alvarez had the power to negotiate the deal with Washington...