Word: provisionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But my attempts to persuade Block and Meese, and ultimately Reagan, that the embargo was a very important foreign policy issue did not succeed. It was viewed almost exclusively as a domestic issue. When, finally, the embargo was lifted, it came as a sudden action. On April 21, Meese summoned...
Washington has gone to great lengths to ensure that balloting in the seven-man presidential race will be honest and efficient. The U.S. Agency for International Development has spent $3.4 million, part of which was used to help the Salvadorans install an elaborate Wang computer system that can tabulate results...
Public-housing authorities are told to provide decent housing and then are denied the means to effect acceptable solutions [Feb. 13]. Meanwhile, social and political apathy at all levels of government and society provoke an attitude of "Don't bother us with the facts; just house the people." The...
Such nightmares inspired North Dakota Republican Senator Mark Andrews to propose, and Congress to pass, a provision that contractors include written warranties on weapons systems. Argued Andrews: "If the public can expect-and get-warranties on its purchases, from TV sets to washing machines to air conditioners, why not when...
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger contended that warranties would increase the price of military hardware. But once the law was passed, he reassured lawmakers, "We are putting it into effect." What Weinberger did not say was that the Pentagon was preparing a sneak attack. Buried in the appendix of the four...