Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the settlement calls for a 20-to 30-percent increase in Harvard's payments for heating, the University's chief negotiator termed the outcome a victory for Harvard because the administration had expected even higher increases...
According to Saltonstall, the settlement came when Cambridge Steam officials unexpectedly lowered their demands for the lump sum payments by several hundred thousand dollars, and Harvard quickly agreed to the terms...
...really turned the corner today, some what to everyone's surprise, "he said. "We are relieved to have a settlement...
...expulsion of the Russian, opened the way to better relations with the United States and the golden opportunity of a negotiated settlement with Israel at Camp David For all Sadat's foresight and diplomatic dexterity, though, his ambitious goals never came to fruition, cut off by a savage assassination plot in October of 1981. And Egypt's new president, though he has avoided any dramatic pronouncements clearly wants to make some changes in his country's international standing...
...lavish settlement will weaken the carrier's already fragile finances. In the past three years, Eastern, which hauls more passengers than any other U.S. airline, has lost $158 million and run up a long-term debt of $1.9 billion in an aggressive program to expand and modernize its fleet. Voicing "grave concern" at the cost of the pact, Chairman Frank Borman fretted: "Ordinarily, an event of this nature is cause for satisfaction and relief on the part of both parties. Unfortunately, such is not the case in this agreement...