Word: whether
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...refused to comment on whether or not the accident was alcohol-related...
SITTING on the sidelines of the conflict is Robert G. Stone '45, a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University's governing body, who has been a director of Pittston since 1984. Pittston was no corporate saint when Stone came on board, and it hasn't improved much since. Whether Stone is unwilling or unable to influence his fellow directors, we don't know. Regardless, Stone's day of reckoning has arrived...
...nations are gathering in Lausanne, Switzerland, to consider how to save the giant of beasts. They represent the countries that have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the treaty that regulates the trade in ivory and other products from threatened animals. The delegates must decide whether to declare the elephant an endangered species, an action that would trigger a global ban on the international ivory trade. The proposal has sparked rancorous debate, both inside and outside Africa, over whether such a ban could be enforced and whether it is the best way to save the elephant...
...Hong Kong officials worked overtime to approve the flurry of export permits for Japan-bound ivory.) In September Japan announced it was, "for the time being," adopting a zero quota for ivory imports. A government spokesman said Japan will follow closely the events at the Lausanne meeting before deciding whether to resume limited ivory imports. Japan's major traders have enough ivory to last a year or more...
...immediate question at the center of this public diplomacy was whether the Israelis would accept Mubarak's invitation to a conference in Cairo to get the peace process going. Shamir's election plan was limited to begin with, then hedged with such stiff conditions -- excluding Arabs in East Jerusalem from the vote, for example -- that it made no headway with the Palestinians. Many in Israel were just as glad...