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...rhetorical flourishes had passed and the time came to map out a concrete strategy for the future, reality set in. The lenders clung tightly to their checkbooks and, pleading financial difficulties at home, asserted that the meeting was not meant to be a "pledging session." The borrowers, their request to increase development assistance by 130%, to $45 billion, and debt relief by at least $35 billion unmet, expressed disappointment. "What we hear is far from the concrete proposals we were expecting," said Niger's Ide Oumarou, secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity...
...plaintive interoffice memo on Oct. 1, 1985, saying, "HELP! The seal task force is constantly being delayed by every possible means . . . The allegiance to the O-ring investigation task force is very limited to a group of engineers numbering 8-10 . . . We wish we could get action by verbal request, but such is not the case. This is a red flag...
...spent the final days before her return calling on leaders in London and Paris. "If my husband didn't remain in Gorky," she said after meeting French President Francois Mitterrand, "I would never return there." Her jitters were evidenced by a request that two U.S. Congressmen accompany her back to Moscow. Underscoring the importance of Western pressure on the Soviets, Bonner told reporters in Paris, "Nothing that you do can jeopardize us. On the contrary, every public step is useful...
...President Sally E. Zeckhauser said Harvard does not support Ferranti-Dege's request for a removal permit...
...rent control board is expected to decide whether to support Harvard's eviction notice or to honor the store's request for a removal of the rent-controlled status of apartment...