Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talks seemed intended to clarify the situation as the Communist Party's policymaking Central Committee began its second emergency session in three days yesterday...
...their own lunch-hour conference. On the sidelines, some medical professionals defended the use of condoms; others accused the church of homophobia. John White, a priest who contracted the virus while in Kenya and now runs an AIDS treatment center in London, was ejected from one conference session for wearing a sandwich board that read THE CHURCH HAS AIDS. Declared one participant from the U.S.: "This is the worst conference I've ever attended...
Having been denied the special session, Danehy chose to make his remarks public. He accused the commissioner of maltreating public works employees, tearing up an avenue near the councillor's house on election day and attempting to provoke a fight with Danehy...
...other business, Councillor Thomas W. Danehy called for a special executive session "to discuss the character and behavior" of Commissioner of Public Works William Sommers. Danehy was advised by the city solicitor, however, that such a session could only be requested after notifying the subject of the inquiry 48 hours in advance...
...first harsh public criticism of Zhivkov, 78, who gained power shortly after Josef Stalin's death with the aid of the Soviet dictator's supporters, and ran the country in a rigid, Stalinist fashion. The attack also came during the first-ever live television broadcast of a Bulgarian Parliament session...