Word: requesting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SEVEN MONTHS AGO, Angola applied for admission to the United Nations, but the U.S. vetoed the move, arguing that there were still Cuban troops in that southern African state. Last week, the U.S. modified its position--at the request of a majority of African nations--and simply abstained from the 1.16 to 0 vote that made Angola the 146th member...
...Fords put up the Carters in Blair House, the Government's official guest quarters. The Georgians were undemanding guests, going their own way from their farmerly rising at 6 a.m. and making only one special request: they asked for dinner one night on 15 minutes' notice. The staff, trained to fulfill the whims of princes and potentates, whisked filet of beef onto a table formally laid for twelve. Half of Washington would have crawled over broken glass to dine with a President-elect, but the Carters simply called in some wide-eyed young staffers to enjoy the meal...
Last week Hoover's files were made available to the public-in a highly expurgated version. The Department of Justice agreed to release them as a result of a request submitted under the Freedom of Information Act by Morton Halperin, a former National Security Council aide who now heads a Washington project concerned with civil liberties. The FBI insisted on deleting all names and summarizing the reports, which, after all, may be more fiction than fact. The files perhaps tell more about Hoover than anyone else...
Four months ago, a man came to Rare Earth with a request to be sovereign of an island. After some work, Van Haefton found that the Fiji government owned uninhabited islands that were so remote that it would consider selling them, sovereignty along with the deed...
THERE SUCH AN ear for counterpoint is really needed was in Paul Hindemith's Symphony for Band, written in 1951 when the composer was 56. This work in three movements was written at the request of the U.S. Army Band, and maybe little else need be said. Actually, the Symphony for Band by Hindemith has become somewhat of a staple of the wind band repertoire, but its rendition by the Concert Band Friday night was not as even and impressive as in parts it showed potential...