Word: wednesday
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Klerk, 53, has been acting president since August 15, a day after he and other Cabinet ministers pressured Botha to resign after 11 years in power. De Klerk will be inaugurated Wednesday in a Pretoria church...
Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence is expected to announce his recommendation for the site on Wednesday...
...most frightening accident of the week was reminiscent of the July 19 crash of a United Airlines DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa, caused when the rear engine exploded, cutting the plane's hydraulic flight controls. On Wednesday the rear engine shattered on a Northwest DC-10 headed for Minneapolis, blasting holes in the engine housing. The plane landed safely in Denver. In the first mishap, the engine was a General Electric model, in the second, a Pratt & Whitney; no cause has been determined for either explosion...
Israeli officials insist they had indeed considered the possibility of a backlash by Hizballah. Rabin told the Knesset on Wednesday that the government had taken into account all possible outcomes, "including the event that took place, and worse." He did not say whether it had concluded that an American hostage might be executed or whether it had anticipated the U.S. public outcry over the Higgins outrage...
...from both the Solidarity opposition and some legislators allied with the Communists that frantic politicking continued right down to the wire. Communist leaders pressured their rebellious allies within the United Peasant Alliance, offering important positions and threatening to retract privileges. The tactics paid off. When the vote was counted Wednesday, Kiszczak emerged on top: 237 to 173, with ten abstentions...