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Wright and Reagan agreed in August that any military aid request would be postponed until after Oct. 1 as long as Nicaragua took certain steps toward democracy...
...Reagan also was to relay his concerns about the regional accord and discuss his Contra request "as an insurance policy for implementation" of the agreement, the press secretary said...
...Tuesday, Fitzwater said Reagan may put his funding request before Congress prior to the Nov.7 deadline...
...addition, last spring a large majority of the faculty voted to offer Visiting Professor David Trubek of the University of Wisconsin a lateral appointment, but Bok overturned that decision at the request of a small group of professors. Trubek, a crit, was opposed by the conservatives. This case was the first time the president of the University overturned a decision of the Law School faculty...
When TIME Correspondent Dick Thompson arrived in Moscow to report this week's cover story, he told Soviet space officials that he was looking for "something special." How about an interview with the cosmonauts on board the Mir space station? he inquired. The request took the Soviets by surprise, and the immediate answer was nyet: interviews with cosmonauts must be arranged well in advance and not on an exclusive basis. Besides, Thompson was told, the cosmonauts hate shaving and making all the other preparations required before meeting the press. "My pen doesn't take pictures," Thompson replied; all he wanted...