Word: followings
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Seeing this, Jamaica defied the IMF. Prime Minister Manley had agreed in 1978 to follow the IMF conditions for a loan. But by 1979 the economy had not improved under mild austerity procedures. So in January, Manley went back to the IMF to ask for another loan. The IMF told him to lay off 11,000 workers and cut his budget by $85 million. Manley refused. There was nothing left to do but resign and call for new elections later in the year...
...dangerously crowded boats continued bringing Cuban refugees into Key West, Fla., the incoming tide rose to nearly 31,000-and the words of welcome from Washington hardly solved the near chaos created by the sudden influx. How many more Cubans would follow, nobody seemed to know-speculation ranged wildly upward to a quarter of a million, even to 1 million-and that raised the difficult question of whether there are practical limits to the number of refugees the U.S. can take...
...said P.L.O. leaders, priority will be given to armed struggle against Israel within the occupied territories rather than diplomatic activity. The shift, the P.L.O. suggested, was because of apparent erosion of U.S. support for a solution to the Palestinian problem and P.L.O. disappointment that Western Europe has yet to follow through effectively on its initiative to recognize Palestinian rights...
Throughout the controversy, PBS never wavered in its determination to air the show, but decided, as it has done on other occasions, to follow it with a discussion of the film's veracity by a panel of experts. At week's end only six of the 141 PBS stations originally slated to run the show had decided to scrub...
...living with concubines? In some dioceses it is difficult to find a truly celibate priest to become bishop. Polygamy is also widely practiced, and there has been discussion about the possibility of admitting polygamous men to full membership in the church. But John Paul does not feel free to follow local customs on celibacy. During a chat with reporters on the flight to Kinshasa the Pope told TIME'S Wilton Wynn, "The situation is the same everywhere. The difficulties are as great for men everywhere. What counts is not the situation, but the dedication of the heart." Repeating...