Word: settlements
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...decision grew out of a suit challenging the constitutionality of the Land Reform Act passed by Hawaii's legislature in 1967. This law was designed to put an end to the remnants of Hawaii's feudal tenure system, a holdover from the islands' settlement by Polynesian immigrants who allowed only high chiefs to own land. The challenge was brought by trustees of the Bishop estate, Hawaii's largest private landowner (340,000 acres...
Duarte has said he favors a negotiated settlement with the leftist guerrillas, but he is not expected to rush into any talks. One reason is that at the moment the army enjoys the initiative on the battlefield. Duarte also has vowed not to hold discussions as long as the guerrillas still bear arms. Instead, he is likely to promote a variation of the existing amnesty program, under which rebels who relinquish their weapons are offered protection and the right to run in next year's legislative elections. "But if they are after part of the government, they can forget...
Politically the CIA's main challenge has been to avoid Unking its operation to the government of Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq. Burdened by the inflow of more than 3 million Afghan refugees, Zia has actively tried to negotiate a settlement to the war in the face of Soviet intransigence. He has also repeatedly denied Soviet charges that his country was directly supplying the Afghan rebels in any way. Evidence to the contrary would not only compromise the talks, which are being conducted through the United Nations, but could even give the Soviets a pretext for moving into Pakistan...
...intimidation" at Orgreave, but her government stayed carefully on the sidelines. The National Coal Board, whose plans to close unproductive pits and trim 20,000 of 180,000 jobs in the industry had touched off the conflict, stood by its policies but left the way open for a negotiated settlement. Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock attacked Thatcher's handling of the crisis but conspicuously avoided making the strike a party cause: the walkout is unpopular with many of Labor's moderate voters. In forcing last week's confrontations, Scargill seemed to be making a bold...
Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor appeared determined to reach a settlement with the miners' union. Yet there was little progress when Scargill met with the Coal Board on Thursday. The union chief continued to insist that the pit closures are not negotiable; the Coal Board said only that it would reframe its plans to streamline the industry...