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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said he looked forward "to efforts by both governments to further our relations." Military aid to Argentina was cut off in 1978 in response to reports of the disappearance of several thousand opponents of the regime. The domestic situation there has improved, and the Administration has asked Congress to repeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Alexandrian Strategic View | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

...Administration plans to send to Congress, perhaps this week, a proposal to repeal the 1976 ban on U.S. assistance for insurgents fighting Angola's Soviet-aligned government. A similar measure, sponsored by Jesse Helms, passed the Senate last year but died in a Senate-House conference. Congressman Stephen Solarz of the House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to fight the measure again. Says Solarz: "If this is the first shot in the President's policy toward Africa, it is sure to backfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking His Act on the Road | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...kind of march led by the teachers will be perceived as trying to repeal 2 1/2," instead of their stated purpose to protest cuts in city services," she added...

Author: By Kelly S. Goode, | Title: Teachers, City Leaders Plan March Against Service Cuts | 3/18/1981 | See Source »

State legislators of the Joint Judiciary Committee yesterday heard public testimony supporting the repeal of Massachusetts' capital punishment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Death Penalty | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

Instead of taking the politically foolish position of calling for repeal of the act, and thus appearing to be in favor of worldwide bribery by American business, the Administration seems to be indicating, whether intentionally or otherwise, that it is prepared to let enforcement of the act languish. Indeed, the President's transition team on the workings of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which shares enforcement jurisdiction over the act with the Justice Department, has recommended decriminalization of bribery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Profits in Big Bribery | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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