Word: request
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran, reportedly laden with a 1,200-ton shipment of war materiel from Spain that was originally, and fraudulently, listed for a final destination in Portugal. Tipped off about the subterfuge, Lisbon did not permit Adonis to dock, and on Jan. 14 the ship canceled its request. Thus, when it came time to ship the country's own armaments to Iran, a vessel had to be chartered. Enter the ill-fated Gretl...
...President's first confrontation with the new Congress could come immediately. Last week Reagan made a formal request to the lawmakers to release the last installment of $100 million in aid that was granted to the Nicaraguan contras in 1986. To win the release of the $40 million, the Administration had to certify that peaceful efforts to reform Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinista regime have been futile. Congressional Democrats hope to counter Reagan's move by imposing a moratorium on any further contra aid until the Administration accounts for money that has already been sent to the rebels, including the funds...
...request of Levi, Kariko will stay at Harvard after classes end in June to help host the arrival of the American Arachnological Society. More than 70 spider and scorpion specialists, including scientists from Europe, will converge on Cambridge, for this international spider convention...
...Governor's request for a $10.2 billion budget--a 6.8 percent increase over last year's budget of $9.5 billion--includes unprecedented spending on aid to cities and public education...
Until 1977, Coors spokesmen rarely discussed the brewery's politics and policies in public. The offense gained momentum in 1977 when the AFL-CIO joined the boycott at the request of one of its local affiliates which was battling with Coors. Since then, William Coors and other company spokespeople have more actively discussed their company and have aggressively denied most of the boycotters' allegations. Wednesday was no exception, as Coors spent most of his hour-and-a-half speech denying charges of racism, sexism, union-busting and employee harassment. Arguing that the boycotters make him out to be an ogre...