Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while the research is advancing at an unprecedentedly rapid pace, cancer biologists remain divided over its potential to actually provide a cure to cancer. Moreover, competition among researchers has led scientists to withhold information, plaguing the research and slowing down the progress, scientists...
...tensions surrounding the coal strike continued, concern was focused on a possible walkout by the 16,000-member mine supervisors union, which is angry over a Coal Board decision to withhold pay of members who honor the mineworkers' strike. If the supervisors, who are essential to mine safety, walk out as well, the industry could be shut down completely. At week's end the supervisors had not yet struck, and were pushing for arbitration to settle the broader dispute. For now, though, to Kinnock's discomfort and the nation's unease, the Coal Board...
...cast their ballots for him in primary elections, is considerably weaker than many observers had supposed. While Jackson attracted roughly three out of every four Black ballots cast in primaries, only 31% would vote for him in the presidential election, vs. 53% who favor Mondale. Even if Jackson should withhold an endorsement of Mondale, the poll indicated, a mere 4% of Jackson's Black supporters would cast their vote against the Democratic nominee or boycott the election altogether. -By William R. Doerner. Reported by Jack E. White with Jackson
...Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, which would limit underground nuclear detonations to 150 kilotons or less. The Senate also called on Reagan to seek a comprehensive ban on all nuclear tests and a summit conference on nuclear weapons "without preconditions or assurances of success." The House had already voted to withhold funds for the MX missile until April of next year, the money to be released only if both houses of Congress approve...
Finance and foreign ministers from several Latin countries, including Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, are planning to get together next week in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss their debt problems. But Citibank Chairman Walter Wriston dismissed fears that the Latin nations would join forces to withhold payments. Said he: "They would be cutting off their source of funds. They would be cutting their own throats by setting up a cartel...