Word: retainers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
WASHINGTON--In possibly his final news conference from the White House. President Reagan said last night that "extraordinary things" have taken place between the superpowers in his second term, but he cautioned that the Soviets would retain military "superiority" even considering Mikhail S. Gorbachev's troop reduction pledge...
...move as a political maneuver. A sixth-generation Texan and a highly visible Hispanic American, Cavazos seemed tailor-made to help Republican presidential nominee George Bush woo the Hispanic vote in the candidate's electorally rich adopted home state. Last week, when President-elect Bush announced that he would retain Cavazos as head of the department, some educators made similar remarks. "It was an easy decision for Bush," says Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "He had a qualified person in place who was a minority...
...woman in America will die or be maimed from a back-alley abortion because George Bush was elected President of the U.S.," said Molly Yard, president of the National Organization for Women. NOW is planning a huge letter-writing campaign to petition the Justice Department and Supreme Court to retain Roe v. Wade, plus a protest at Bush's Inauguration. Together with NARAL, the group is also planning a mammoth pro-choice demonstration in Washington in early April. "Mr. Bush may intend to make abortion illegal again," declares Yard, "but he has to understand that if he tries, he will...
...minimum, Labor wants the Defense post for Yitzhak Rabin, who held it in the previous government, and either Finance or the Foreign Ministry for Peres. Shamir would happily retain Rabin at Defense, but he has yet to offer Peres a major portfolio. Says a senior Likud member: "If Shamir gives Finance and Defense to Labor, he really gives up control of the government...
...have not permitted the right to corner the nationalist market. Having taken Spain into the Economic Community, Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has demonstrated that the adept use of anti- Americanism (e.g., kicking a U.S. air wing out of Spain) is an excellent way to shore up nationalist credentials and retain popularity...