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Word: towing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among other things the indictment charged that North persuaded the CIA to lower its price from $6000 to $3469 for each of the 1000 TOW missiles sold to Iran in February 1986 even though the Iranians were paying $10,000 apiece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: North, Poindexter Among Four Indicted | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

...time. Of course, living on-campus is not the nirvana of Harvard existence, but arbitrarily denying transfer students a chance to live on-campus when space is available is not justifiable. I hope that space will not continue to be jealously hoarded by Housing officers while transfers suffer. Timothy Tow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Transferring Troubles | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

Greene, a junior in Leverett House, is the tow-time defending champion on the 3-meter board and finished second last year on the 1-meter. She has twice captured the Outstanding Diver Award, which goes to the diver with the highest combined points in the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diving Deeper to Reach New Heights | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...hard place, forcing them into unsure legal situations and unfair ethical relations with their employees. Moreover, many supervisors support the union effort or just don't want to be involved on either side. Supervisors--themselves employees who must answer to other supervisors--should not be forced to tow the administration line, or fear that their jobs are endangered because of their opinions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Towing the Line | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...year before his talk with Durenberger, Bush attended more than 30 high-level meetings where the Iran policy was raised. He was present at the Jan. 6, 1986, session where the President signed a finding authorizing the sale of TOW missiles to win the release of American hostages. The next morning the President's top advisers, including Bush, gathered in the Oval Office. George Shultz and Caspar Weinberger testified that they vigorously opposed the arms sales, arguing that they would undermine the Administration's policy against terrorism. "I was intense," Shultz told the Tower commission. "Everybody was well aware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Phantom of Iranscam | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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