Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Appearing on ABC's Issues and Answers, a former member of the Iranian executive branch, ex-Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotzbadeh, endorsed the legislators' call for releasing the hostages in batches. Later on the same program, however, Muskie reiterated the longstanding U.S. insistence that all of the American captives be freed at once...
...foreign aid. We have not got enough aid. We had worked on the basis of British and American promises that at least $1 billion would be available for our development program. So we want to see indications - not necessarily hard cash - that Britain, the U.S. and other countries are going to fulfill their promises. Nevertheless, we are thankful for what little they have done...
Breeding raises serious ethical questions. Which species should be selected for such programs? And how can problems of genetic inbreeding be avoided in limited zoo populations? In September, the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums set up a "species survival" program to deal with such issues. Warns Conway: "If zoos are going to function as an ark, it's going to have to be a rather exclusive...
...Jersey program does not offer instant record cleansing. Someone convicted for passing a bad check, for example, must let five years pass from the end of his sentence or probation before he can seek expungement; more serious offenders, like a grand larcenist, must wait ten years. Once the required interval has elapsed, the applicant submits a petition and a $30 filing fee to a judge, who must schedule a hearing within 60 days. If there are no objections from the police or other agencies, the request is usually granted. The ex-con's criminal record is then sealed, rather...
...other big sugar producer, accounts for close to 10% of world output and has enjoyed a good harvest. But sugar in that country is now winding up as an important source of automotive fuel instead of as a sweetener on dinner tables. Brazil has embarked on a crash program to manufacture ethyl-alcohol automobile fuel from sugar cane. And last month, when the Persian Gulf war halted oil shipments from Iraq, which supplies 50% of Brazil's petroleum imports, the government slapped an emergency ban on all new sugar export contracts. The action is expected to remove at least...