Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...plot's mastermind and instant hero was Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, 45, a gregarious diplomat whose gravelly voice and hearty laugh had made him a popular intermediary between visiting Westerners and Iran's unpredictable government officials. His superiors, Prune Minister Clark and Secretary MacDonald, let Taylor direct every detail of the risky rescue...
Predictably, the Harvard Corporation looks very highly on Leon Sullivan. Stevens says "he is one of the few people that has resorted to direct action in response to his rhetoric" on the issues of apartheid and corporate involvement in South Africa. He is "very much one who works within the system," Stevens says, adding "He'll get his foot in the door and once he's done that he'll stick his leg in too." Sullivan's efforts show he is an activist that works with the tools the economic system gives him. His social programs in North Philadelphia, OICs...
...Washington's punitive embargoes, the Soviets felt free to put Sakharov away. As one top State Department analyst explained the arrest: "Moscow figured there wasn't much more to lose because there was nothing much more we could do to them." The Soviet action was a direct rebuke to President Carter, who had written Sakharov a letter of personal support in 1977. Above all, it was an unmistakable warning to dissidents, human rights advocates and all libertarians in the Soviet Union that détente had been halted at home, just as it had ended abroad...
...nations were established. Ambassadors will not be exchanged for another month, although both countries have already named them: Saad Mortada will represent Egypt in Tel Aviv, and Eliahu Ben Elissar will be Israel's man in Cairo. Telephone, telex and postal links were also opened, and direct air service between Tel Aviv and Cairo is set to begin soon...
...made illegal political campaign contributions and foreign payoffs and agreed to pay fines of $200,000 after signing a consent decree with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FCC complaint emphasized that "RKO was effectively controlled by General Tire and hence General Tire's wrongdoing had a direct bearing on RKO's qualifications" to hold TV licenses...