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Ivanov said Japan has displayed an adversarial attitude at three recent summit meetings. He said that at the Venice meeting, Japanese Prime Minister Toshiku Kaifu proposed a deployment of U.S. missiles in Alaska to pressure the Soviets to withdraw missiles from the North Pacific. And in Houston, Ivanov said, Japan initiated discussion about control of four islands just north of Japan that the Soviets have occupied since World...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: U.S. Can Help in N. Pacific | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

...comfortably at home over vacation, the world will be moving closer to the January 15 United Nations Security Council deadline for military confrontation if Iraq does not withdraw its troops from Kuwait. With 400,000 troops expected to be in Saudi Arabia by January, we should use the time to make ourselves as informed as possible about the situation...

Author: By Beth L. Pinkster, | Title: Saddam Casts a Winter Chill | 12/13/1990 | See Source »

...addition, St. Louis said he obtained permission in principal from a nearby business to use its parking lot on Sundays, until pressure from residents led the business to withdraw from the agreement...

Author: By Toyia R. Battle, | Title: Church Official Alleges Harassment | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...light of this history, The Crimson called upon conservative sponsors to withdraw their multi-thousand dollar support of the Review. Peninsula responded that no "individual or foundation" has given extensive contributions to the Review...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Why Are `Good Men' Hard to Find? | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...that it is not winning, but was not serious about waging in the first place. Some critics charge such a turnabout is conceivable only because drug abuse, which continues to rage in poor ghetto areas, has sharply declined within the white middle class. If the Federal Government were to withdraw from the field, it would not be for the first time. In 1973 Richard Nixon announced that the U.S. had "turned the corner on drug addiction." The federal antidrug effort was allowed to shrivel even as Colombia's "cocaine cowboys" were establishing their first beachhead in Miami. Some battlefield reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on Drugs: A Losing Battle | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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