Word: agreements
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...delegates appeared to agree that the global-warming threat is real and potentially serious. In the face of this strong sentiment, President Bush denied that he was taking global warming too lightly. The President reconfirmed a U.S. pledge to cooperate in a United Nations effort to forge an international agreement on dealing with climate change...
When Frank Lorenzo flew Eastern Airlines into bankruptcy court last year, he vowed to bring the carrier out stronger than ever. But strikebound Eastern has lost $1.2 billion since then, and Lorenzo has proved unable to reach an agreement with Eastern's creditors. To break the deadlock, a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Manhattan last week named airline-industry veteran Martin Shugrue to serve as trustee for the troubled Eastern. While Lorenzo's Texas Air company will continue to own Eastern, Lorenzo will have no say in the airline's management during the bankruptcy proceedings. Shugrue, 49, who will...
...larger question is whether the contra problem will now end in Nicaragua. On paper the prospects seem promising. Last week a determined Chamorro successfully prodded Sandinista and contra representatives into signing agreements that established an immediate cease-fire and committed the contras to a total demobilization by June 10. But those agreements may prove as misleading as the ceremony in Yamales, where only wounded or ailing contras turned over their weaponry. Perhaps 12,000 of their hale colleagues slipped back into Nicaragua after Chamorro's upset electoral victory on Feb. 25. Top contra commanders, most of whom were...
...President-elect Chamorro. Like a firm mother who knows how to bring squabbling children into line, she called representatives of the two sides to her home, starting with the contras, who had supported her presidential campaign. Two hours later Chamorro announced, "The boys are ready to sign an agreement...
That afternoon cease-fire negotiations between Sandinistas and contras began. The bargainers worked through the night, and at 4:30 a.m. they signed their agreement. The turning point in the negotiation was a face-saving arrangement put forward by Chamorro's representatives whereby the contras signed a demobilization agreement with the incoming government -- not with the Sandinistas...