Word: halt
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Predictably, Iraq denied any involvement and maintained, as it always has, that Baghdad is not involved in the development of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Baghdad officials asserted that Iraq reserves the right to secure advanced technology. Saddam fumed publicly that enemies were trying to halt Iraq's "march on progress." But those obstinate words seemed only to confirm Saddam's intent to build a nuclear bomb. Not that he is very close to the goal: most experts believe that Baghdad is still several years away from realizing its dream. "They're smuggling detonators when they don't have...
...awaiting a response from the Israeli government." In his testimony, Baker riled Israelis by saying that he was "satisfied" the Palestine Liberation Organization was adhering to its commitment not to employ terrorism against Israel, that he favors cuts in aid to Israel and that Israel must agree to halt all settlement activity in the occupied territories before the U.S. would approve $400 million in loan guarantees for housing Soviet Jewish immigrants. Two days later, President Bush raised the fever in Jerusalem by stating that he opposes settlements not only in the territories but also in East Jerusalem...
Protests poured in from East and West, but it was Kohl's Foreign Minister and coalition partner, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who called a halt. At a tense 3 1/2-hour meeting of the ruling parties last week, Genscher's Free Democrats warned that they would walk out and bring down the government if the Chancellor did not put the Polish issue to rest. Reluctantly, Kohl was forced to choose statesmanship over politics. "Mistakes were made on all sides," he conceded, "including by me." The Bundestag then adopted a resolution calling on both Germanys to guarantee Poland's borders later this month...
...Sandinistas' defeat and the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega have removed two of the most divisive and destabilizing factors in U.S. relations with Latin America. With El Salvador's leftist guerrillas likely to be undercut by a halt in support from Nicaragua and Cuba isolated as never before, the U.S. has an opportunity to move beyond its 30- year struggle with Marxism in the region. It can stop using Nicaragua as an ideological battleground and start treating it like a needy neighbor. But to turn this electoral triumph into something substantial and lasting, Washington will have...
...member of the student committee that organized last week's Alternative Junior Parents Weekend said yesterday that a Harvard police officer had forced him to halt a demonstration on Saturday morning, possibly violating his right to free speech...