Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vote reflected the political polarization among members of the council. While members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association either voted against the resolution, or abstained, Independent councillors voted unanimously to uphold...
Marcos did not help his case by refusing to respond to grand jury subpoenas in recent months. That led a federal appeals court last week to uphold a contempt ruling against him and his wife for failing to provide fingerprints and other requested items. Even so, the grand jury acted only after a proposed deal between the Justice Department and Marcos unraveled late Thursday. The agreement called for Marcos to forfeit real estate, art and jewelry in exchange for having the Justice Department drop plans for the indictment. In Honolulu, however, a Marcos attorney said the Marcoses were given only...
...this week, in the wake of a federal judge's decision to uphold last spring's union victory, the same employees support for HUCTW surged...
Lieutenant Harold Murphy, president of the superior officers' union, said his organization would also file a grievance with the city because the "review board's actions don't uphold the [officers'] contract...
After 15 years of authoritarian rule, Pinochet agrees to uphold results of a plebiscite. While the vote is a turning point, it will not transform the country overnight, and the future is far from certain. -- Perestroika brings intriguing changes to the KGB. -- Why South Africa is so eagerly courting its black neighbors. -- Foreign troops are leaving, but Angola still bleeds...