Word: samuels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration had to decide what to say to him about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Clark and Weinberger thought that Reagan should at least raise the threat of sanctions if the fighting did not stop. Some Administration hard-liners were even discussing possible moves. They included withdrawing Ambassador Samuel Lewis from Tel Aviv, giving American support to a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel (the U.S. has vetoed such resolutions to date) and finally cutting off arms aid that Israel needs. The hard-liners were moved by shock at the civilian casualties caused by the Israeli invasion and also...
President Reagan promptly sent a message to the mayors promising that he would not break off the historic "partnership" between Washington and the cities. HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce assured the mayors that the "staff report" had never been approved by the President. Pierce also had not approved the draft, which reflected the views of Emmanuel S. Savas, assistant secretary for policy development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Robert Carleson, a Reagan domestic policy adviser. Carleson had been welfare director of California when Reagan was Governor of that state. One critic of the Administration's urban...
...slight frown passes quickly as he describes the detail on an exactreplica of an 15th century English plaster ceiling in the Hyde Room, which houses a collection emphasizing the work of the Samuel Johnson. James Boswell circle. Books here and elsewhere will stand as Bond's permanent legacy-the brilliant acquisition he has made for Harvard...
Nonetheless, many consumers remain in a mood of wary waiting. Although the Federal Government will start putting $50 billion into the economy in July in the form of income tax cuts and increased Social Security benefits, not everyone is going to rush out and spend the money. Says Samuel Zervitz, an official with the Baltimore school system: "The tax cut is gasoline money. It's cigarette money. It doesn't mean a thing...
...Robert Samuel...