Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...detected by satellites or sophisticated electronic eavesdropping, but chemical munitions can be checked only by visiting the factories where they are made. Said President Reagan at his press conference Wednesday night: "We are very hopeful that [Chernenko may be] willing to agree to on-site inspection with regard to chemical warfare. We think this is a good sign, and we have let him know that we want better relations, we want to sit down and try to resolve some of the problems that we have...
Bane's position will put her in charge of a staff of several thousand employees, including eight deputy commissioners throughout New York State. The State of California and the Federal Government are "the only better chances larger than a Third World country in that regard," Moseley said...
...awards were announced, MacArthur filed suit against the president and seven directors, accusing them of mismanagement of assets, conflicts of interest and excessive fee taking (all unrelated to the foundation awards). In a countermotion, the foundation charged that John D. MacArthur had held Roderick in low regard, and produced a 1975 letter from father to son that said, "Most of your life has been wasted. You were born with a good intellect but never learned the meaning of teamwork...
...added that the firm was not chosen with regard to cost. "We go for the best, not the cheapest," he said...
Since 1979, at least 150 believers have been put to death. Though the official charges usually involve "spying" or "treason," Baha'is say that the real reason is official intolerance of a faith which the Shi'ite Muslim mullahs of Iran regard as blasphemous. An estimated 550 Baha'is are in prison. Thousands more have lost their homes and possessions, and mobs have desecrated Baha'i assembly halls, cemeteries and the faith's holiest shrine in Iran, the House of the Bab in Shiraz...