Word: requesting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...demanded to have an interview with Belenko, who the Soviets insisted had made an emergency landing in Japan and now was being kept prisoner against his will. The Soviets charged that Japan was acting at the instigation of "a third country" and warned that a refusal to meet their request could lead to repercussions. The Japanese coolly replied that the plane was being held as evidence in the legal proceeding against Belenko and might have to be dismantled, part by part, to determine the facts of the case. After at least five separate Soviet diplomatic protests, Belenko finally agreed...
...advice is always sound. Instead of taking a course in speed reading, Edwin suggests, read more selectively. Take breaks to change the tempo and ease the tension of work. Say no a lot, because "you cannot protect your priorities unless you learn to decline, tactfully but firmly, every request that does not contribute to your goal." One can fight procrastination, too, by (a) chopping up ominously large tasks into easily manageable small components; (b) listing the reasons for delay on one side of a piece of paper and the benefits from completing the job on the other-and then feel...
...turning point in Israeli policy came last winter when the battered Christian forces in Lebanon seemed on the verge of defeat by the Palestinians and the Moslem leftists. Through contacts among intelligence agents in Cyprus, the Lebanese Christians put in a desperate request to Jerusalem for arms and ammunition. By May-shortly before Syrian army units began moving into Lebanon-a regular supply line from Israel to Jounieh and other northern Lebanese ports was in operation. The matériel included not only ammunition and light arms like the U.S. M-16 rifle but such heavy weapons as armored personnel...
Helmholz has even more exotic skills to impart. He does a brisk business styling men's chest hair into shamrocks, peace signs, hearts and other shapes on request. His torso tonsures, however, are done strictly with clippers...
...commission was two letters that Prince Bernhard wrote to Lockheed in the fall of 1974, asking for commissions that might have netted him $1 million if The Netherlands decided to buy any of the corporation's P-3 Orions. Angered by Lockheed's apparent refusal of his request, the prince wrote: "Since 1968 I have in good faith spent a lot of time and effort to push things in the right way in critical areas and times and have tried to prevent wrong decisions influenced by political considerations. So I do feel a little bitter...