Word: woodwards
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Partial Reward. In Washington, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Robert Woodward went before the OAS Sanctions Committee. Despite reservations expressed in an OAS Human Rights Commission report (e.g., "the serious problem that has arisen as a result of the arrest and disappearance of several persons"), said Woodward, democracy was looking up in Trujilloland. "A vigorous political opposition acts openly, opposition newspapers circulate, key figures closely associated with the former regime have departed." The U.S. therefore recommended, he said, that sanctions prohibiting the export of petroleum products and trucks to the Dominican Republic be lifted. Remaining economic...
...Dominican Republic, Woodward's words brought sharp protest from anti-Trujillo Dominicans. Viriato Fiallo, head of the National Civic Union, the country's largest anti-Trujillo organization, flew to Washington to protest. But the bitterest reactions were among the Trujillos themselves. Ramfis had expected the U.S. to go all the way on the removal of sanctions, and counted particularly on removal of U.S. sanctions against imports of Dominican sugar, which cost Trujillo $56 million last year. "I've done everything they asked," he told friends. "What are they waiting for?" As his bitterness turned to anger, Castroite...
...Washington Park Handicap, in which he finished fourth on a slippery track, under top weight of 132 lbs. Running against the best distance and weight-carrying horses in the nation, Kelso has won the Brooklyn. Suburban and Metropolitan Handicaps, the Whitney Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Woodward Stakes-under imposts as high as 136 lbs. (Man o' War's top freight: 138 lbs.), over distances as long as two miles, by margins as wide as eight lengths. Says Veteran Thoroughbred Trainer Howard Hoffman: "I'd have to call Kelso a freak-a wonderful freak...
...years of research at the University, Woodward has synthesized cholesterol, langosterol, and cortisone...
...Woodward's synthesis of chlorophyll will help biologists understand how this compound enables green plants to perform photosynthesis--the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars, starches, and other carbohydrates...