Word: redeemed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same time, Lithuania's Communist Party is on the brink of cutting its ties to the national organization. Fearing defeat in elections scheduled for February, the Lithuanian leadership is desperate to redeem the local party in the voters' eyes, despite warnings from Moscow that perestroika will disintegrate under the pressure of their extreme separatism. If the Lithuanians succeed in severing their links, they will set a provocative precedent that is sure to be repeated in other republics...
...must have leadership "that declares an end to special interest, spoil-system government." He cited as an example the Legislature's vote last week against forcing the beer and soda pop bottling industry to turn over to the state $46 million in beverage container deposits that consumers did not redeem...
...three Yalta leaders to help secure "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live." Now that the Soviets are loosening the fist they clenched after Yalta, it will be up to two men in the Mediterranean to redeem the promises the Soviets made about Eastern Europe 44 long years...
Most important, on a day when Congress voted to fulfill Bush's campaign promise to reduce capital-gains taxes for the wealthy, Governors of both parties pressed for information on when Bush would redeem another campaign pledge: to fund fully the Head Start program for needy preschoolers. Head Start has proved cost-effective in preparing disadvantaged students for school, but can now accommodate only about 1 in 5 of those eligible. As the summit closed, White House chief of staff John Sununu noted that "the Governors succeeded quite well in convincing the President of the value of preschool and early...
...nearly solid bloc of Republicans--only Doug Bereuter (R-Neb.) defected--was joined by 64 Democrats, chiefly from timber and farm areas in the 239-190 vote to redeem Bush's campaign promise to tax investment income at a lower rate than wages...