Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Israel's Shamir, alone among Reagan's visitors, came away relatively disappointed, although Reagan had campaigned as an all-out champion of Israel. Haig turned down a request from Prime Minister Menachem Begin that the U.S. press for a quick resumption of Egyptian-Israeli negotiations over autonomy for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Haig's stated reason: the U.S. wants to give priority to checking Soviet interventionism in the Middle East. In fact, Haig would prefer not to draw attention to a situation that will probably remain deadlocked until the Israeli election...
...government creditors-including France, West Germany and the U.S.-plus a delegation from Warsaw. After three days of closed-door negotiations, France's Treasury Director Jean-Yves Haberer, the host of the meeting, declared that there had been "sufficiently important progress" to justify further discussions. He also promised "quick and effective" efforts by member countries to relieve the Polish debt burden until a long-term scheme can be negotiated, perhaps by this summer...
...These are the finest freshman we've seen in the program since I've been at Harvard. Their quick adjustment to the academic load at Harvard and proper allocation of time to both school work and training enabled them to fit in immediately. It is important to realize one of the factors which makes this team so dynamic is that every individual enjoys the success of his teammates and is primarily concerned with the team's showing," said Coach Joe Bernal...
...claim a stake in the outcome. In a number of instances, those chosen would not have been chosen by faculty or students, perhaps because they did not come up the preferred academic or professional routes, but have nevertheless proven themselves by virtue of their character, their convictions, their quick intelligence, their empathy, and other desirable qualities...
...with a group of community residents to discuss possible uses for the open lot. When it bought the land. Harvard promised to put housing on the land. Major questions to be answered include how many homes will be built, and how expensive they will be, and University officials are quick to caution that the hefty price paid for the land makes luxury homes "likely" and all but rules out extensive low--and moderate--income development...