Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peace process should stay on track until the Israelis have withdrawn from the Sinai, but the big problem remains: getting a Palestinian autonomy agreement. Increasingly uneasy about this, the Reagan Administration has at last decided to appoint a special Middle East negotiator, a post that was held by Ambassador Sol Linowitz during the Carter Administration but has remained vacant for the past year. Haig was reluctant to appoint a special envoy in part because he feared that if the talks failed, the Administration risked losing credibility in the Arab world. Now that Haig seems to have changed his mind...
With the help of the armed forces, former Flight Lieut. Jerry Rawlings, 34, was in power in Ghana last week for the second time in 2½ years. Rawlings overthrew the government of President Hilla Limann, 47, in whose favor he had withdrawn in September 1979. The dashing Rawlings, son of a Scottish father and a Ghanaian mother, had seized command, he declared, because the previous government was led by "a pack of criminals" who were taking the West African nation "down to total economic ruin...
...week's end, the government newspaper Izvestia published a tiny news item on the affair. The article, in its entirety, said: "In connection with the fact that the parents of Y.K. Alexeyeva have withdrawn their objections to her leaving the Soviet Union, a decision has been taken to grant her an exit visa by way of exception." It was the first announcement to the Soviet public that Sakharov had won his battle with the Kremlin...
Created by Congress in 1974, I.R.A.s allow wage earners to put aside a portion of their income into special accounts, where the money earns interest tax-free until it is withdrawn during retirement years. At that time, in most cases, a person's income, and thus his tax bracket, has gone down. Besides regular bank deposits, the I.R.A. money can be invested in stocks, bonds and a host of other ventures...
...court. The judge did not contest a charge that he had attempted to solicit a campaign contribution from a Miami lawyer who practiced frequently in his court, nor did he refute another charge that he granted a $10,700 legal fee to a friend after the man had withdrawn as an attorney in the case. When this news broke, Justice O'Connor suddenly developed a "calendar conflict," and on the eve of the A.J.A. ceremony two weeks ago, Lantz announced his resignation because "the adverse publicity would interfere with my effectiveness as president." But a question remains. How come...