Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Massachusetts is the last state to implement the law. The federal government pushed the law through to make a uniform motor vehicle code, and the government threatened to withhold the state's national energy funds if the state did not pass the bill...
...committee working to oust him, and the student forum of the college of liberal arts voted recently to demand that he be fired. Six-hundred professors from M I T, Harvard, and other Boston-area universities have signed a petition calling for Silber's removal and have pledged to withhold administrative courtesies--such as advice on promotions--from B.U. as long as he is president...
BOSTON UNIVERSITY is beginning to cave in on its president, John R. Silber. Groups of both professors and students have called for his dismissal, and more than 500 professors from neighboring colleges--including Harvard--have pledged to withhold administrative courtesies from B.U. until Silber is removed as president...
...University of Notre Dame. Said he: "I'm perfectly willing to ride in the lead truck and get shot in the process rather than sit back and have it on my conscience that I did nothing to stop a second holocaust" Hesburgh also suggested that the U.S. withhold grain sales to the Soviet Union unless the Kremlin collaborates in making 150,000 tons available to the Cambodians immediately. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the Senate majority leader, contacted Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin in an appeal to Moscow to persuade Phnom-Penh to allow food to be trucked...
Several MIT students were hesitant to express definite opinions on Graz. MIT junior Dan Hertzson said yesterday most students "like to withhold judgement until they know more," while student Barbara Locke said the change of presidents is "going to happen whether we like...