Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argued that this would prevent necessary covert actions aimed at reducing the flow of arms supplied by the Nicaraguan government to Marxist-led guerrillas in El Salvador. So the House accepted, 411 to 0, a rider offered by Massachusetts Democrat Edward P. Boland, chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, that merely repeated language written into an earlier appropriations bill. It forbade aid to guerrilla groups "for the purpose of over throwing the government of Nicaragua or provoking a military exchange between Nicaragua and Honduras," presumably in the form of a Nicaraguan counterinvasion of Honduras to destroy the contras...
...first G.O.P. mayor elected since 1927. And then last week Mayor Byrne suddenly upset all the calculations by announcing that she would re-enter the race as a write-in candidate, giving those voters dismayed by Washington's nomination not just a white but a white Democrat to select as an alternative...
...Harvard University Cycling Club is known to only a select few in Cambridge, but in April, millions of ABC television viewers will have the opportunity to see two of its members...
...speech was sponsored by the Law School Forum a student group which brings notable to speak at the Law School. Refer ring to the Forum's next guest, Anderson quipped. "I'm a little awed find that I'm in the select company of men like Phil Donahue...
Oommen said he and architect William Pressley will probably select a construction company from among five bidders by Monday. The Corporation will meet next week to evaluate the project, he said, adding he expects approval...