Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question of timing also was unclear. Takeshita, 65, said he would resign after Parliament passes the budget for the 1989 fiscal year that began April 1. But the budget has been delayed by an opposition boycott of Parliament over the stock-trading scandal...
...about the NCAAs, you ask. Good question...
...concerned with animal welfare has filed a lawsuit against the Government, charging that moving the dolphins from their homes in warm southern waters to the chilly Puget Sound will endanger the animals. Moreover, one of their former trainers asserts that the Navy has abused the dolphins. Still other critics question the wisdom of entrusting the security of the nation's underwater nuclear arsenal to animals, however clever...
Sadly, whether dolphins make good soldiers or not, their use by the military puts them under suspicion. Paranoid governments may feel compelled to kill strange dolphins that suddenly appear in the vicinity of military installations. Says Leatherwood: "Using dolphins raises the question about whether we have the right to involve wild animals of intelligence and perhaps conscience in our most vile and reprehensible activity, warfare...
When the deal unraveled, lawyers for Eastern's creditors blamed Lorenzo and the unions for fumbling the question of who's in charge. But union lawyers said creditors had blocked the deal because they felt it did not spell out how Eastern would repay its debts...