Word: suspender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Delegates at the NUR's annual conference in Plymouth, a coastal resort in southwest England, voted 47-30 to suspend the strike after thousands of their 117,500 members defied the strike call and kept some trains running...
...South Atlantic, the Argentines insisted that their claim to sovereignty over the Falklands be negotiated as part of any settlement. Buenos Aires warned that any cease-fire in the Falklands would be "precarious" so long as British forces remained on the islands. While the Argentines seemed willing to suspend hostilities for the moment, they left open the possibility of further fighting. If the fragile cease-fire broke down, the conflict could easily escalate into a new and possibly even more violent confrontation, since the British have not ruled out the possibility of answering additional attacks with the bombing of Argentine...
...that point, U.S. patience began to wear thin. In Congress, Republican Senator Mark Hatfield called on the Administration to suspend military aid to Israel. Said he: "I am very much afraid that Israel's leaders of today have taken violence as their birthright." In the House of Representatives, eight members introduced a resolution demanding an investigation into a possible Israeli violation of American laws prohibiting foreign countries from using arms purchased from the U.S. for offensive purposes. In Bonn, Haig announced early Thursday evening that he would not accept Begin's invitation to go to Jerusalem, because...
Pending the Administration's predicted upturn of the economy, about all that U.S. farmers can do is pray for plagues and bad weather overseas. Midwest cattle producers have no grudge against their counterparts in Denmark, but a recent outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease there caused Japan to suspend $215 million worth of Danish meat imports. This could mean some $100 million in unexpected sales for American cattlemen. Says Ronald Knutson, an economist at Texas A&M: "If there is a major crop failure some place in the world, we'll look back on this as a good...
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced four weeks ago that it was suspending its ban on the burial of toxic liquids in landfill disposal areas, the outcry from environmentalists was deafening. Companies that had already invested in alternative disposal methods also lodged protests. The abrupt change in standards, said Connecticut Congressman Toby Moffett, who chairs a House subcommittee on the environment, was "ill-conceived and a danger to public health." A congressional resolution to force the EPA to reconsider its decision quickly won support from both parties. Last week the agency reversed itself and reimposed...