Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...permit Bob Jones University of Greenville, S.C., to gain tax-exempt status, although the private school had a policy of racial segregation. In the outcry after the turnabout, Reagan claimed unpersuasively that he had merely wanted to make certain that the Internal Revenue Service had the right to withdraw the tax exemption-a power that few legal scholars had ever doubted. Last week Meese blandly denied urging the Justice Department to change its antidiscrimination position and contended that he too had been concerned only with clarifying the authority of the IRS. Asked Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware...
Shultz conceded to the Senate Budget Committee that "the situation in Lebanon has deteriorated from our standpoint." Yet he argued that the U.S. had been right in trying to establish "a unified, stable and sovereign Lebanon." He placed most blame, perhaps rather naively, on Syria for refusing to withdraw its forces after Israel had agreed to do so in its May 17 accord with Lebanon...
...ahead. Among them: NATO's Supreme Allied Commander should be a European, not an American, as is now the case; Europe should have a decisive voice in certain nuclear arms-control talks and greater responsibility for its ground defense. If Europe refuses to accept that responsibility, the U.S. should withdraw up to half of its ground forces from Europe...
...unless the alliance clarifies the purpose of these missiles, the accomplishment is likely to be transitory, since the basic European attitude toward the missiles is that of a host toward a now unwanted guest whose invitation to dinner it would be too awkward to withdraw. Some prominent Europeans purport to see in the missiles' presence a hidden American design to confine a nuclear war to Europe. Others treat them as one of those peculiar American aberrations that periodically upset the alliance's equilibrium. Too few recognize, and even fewer are willing to admit, that in fact the missiles link...
...actions in the House letter of recommendation is an ominous decision, and one that will adversely affect a number of students Applying graduate schools and for fellowships. Each year, the Ad Board formally reprimands more than 50 undergraduates for disciplinary reasons. Serious sanctions such as probations or requirements to withdraw were already being noted in the transcripts and some House letters. Less serious admonitions had been left to the discretion of the tutors. Under the new rule tutors must spell out all relevant disciplinary actions, regardless of severity...