Word: pulled
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...regime. Mondale would leave troops in Honduras while he attempted to negotiate the withdrawal of some 2,000 Cuban soldiers from Nicaragua. He would, however, "substantially reduce" American force levels there (from 1,750 to 200 or fewer). But, as he said during the debate, he "wouldn't pull the plug" on Honduras, "a democracy that deserves that help...
...doubt Bowie will pull it off; in 1979, he led and conducted the "Sho-Nuff" 59-piece orchestra in New York City, and received, in his words, "a really wild response...
...HART'S position on gun control is not only inadequate on its merits, it also raises broader doubts about the Senator's desirability as a candidate. Specifically, it seriously challenges Hart's contentions that he offers fresh solutions and can resist the pull of "special interests...
...have deteriorated steadily over what the U.S. has felt to be a consistent anti-Western bias on UNESCO's part. Citing waste, mismanagement and abuse of UNESCO's $374.4 million budget, 25% of which the U.S. provides, President Reagan announced in December that the U.S. would pull out of the agency by the end of this year unless UNESCO's performance changed substantially. To help make a final determination, Congress asked a team of investigators from the General Accounting Office to examine UNESCO's internal operations...
Though couched in stinging, anti-South African rhetoric, the statement was the strongest signal to date that Castro may be ready to comply with U.S. and South African demands to pull out of Southern Africa. The three major Angolan-Cuban conditions...