Word: yes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have no Nicaraguan policy "without Congress being a full partner." Last week he met privately with key congressional leaders to urge that support for the contras, scheduled to run out on March 31, be extended at the rate of about $4 million a month. The Democrats haven't said yes yet, but they have been willing to listen. "There's a lot more trust with these guys than there ever was with the Reagan crowd," says Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, a persistent critic of Reagan's Central America policy. "We're a fair way from agreement, but barring the unforeseen...
...Government agencies have toll-free hot lines for consumer questions. Some requests are a bit exotic. "Did we really have to throw out the whole roast just because my daughter-in-law mistook a daffodil bulb for an onion and sliced it over the meat?" asked a worried caller. Yes, replied the hot line, the bulbs are toxic to humans. Other questions indicate a lot of basic ground needs covering. Two samples: "Can spaghetti sauce left open on the counter for three days hurt me?" and "Is it O.K. to eat groceries that my husband left...
...East European state reject reform and still thrive? Yes, says the doctrinaire regime of East Germany's party boss Erich Honecker. The leadership in Berlin has stuck faithfully to the eternal Communist verities and pulled off a hat trick. Under one of the most authoritarian systems in the Warsaw Pact and with a rigid, centrally planned economy to match, East Germany boasts the most powerful industrial base, the highest standard of living and the most per capita exports to the West of any nation in the East bloc. Declared Honecker, 76, in a speech to party leaders that implicitly rejected...
...thousands of Palestinians at the hands of the Jordanians in a three-day period in 1970 was hardly documented in the same American newspapers that now condemn the deaths of dozens. But the guerilla war in Jordan must have formed a large part of Palestinian political consciousness, bitterness and, yes, "hatred...
...other fronts Atwater has made his campaign a personal crusade. He's been hustling around Washington playing his guitar at rhythm-and-blues clubs, and he participated in a joint concert with Black blues singer B.B. King. And, yes, he's appeared on David Letterman...