Mr. Levin said European allies and senior military officers had been urging the administration to go slow.

The king's friends and allies urged him to flee, or to show himself in Munich and thus regain the support of the people.

"We did think it was a good time to offer a proposal because colleagues and allies urged us to do so," one administration official said.

Although Libya's one known nuclear research reactor is under international safeguards, Washington and its allies should urge Libya to accept new, more intrusive inspection rules.

So they simply decided to reverse longstanding positions against negotiations on aircraft and troops in Europe, which the allies had been urging for years.

Cunningham's political allies urged him to run for Parliament 1872 federal election.

There is little public discussion of apartheid here, and few protests, but its allies have urged Japan to curtail its trade with South Africa.

Eager to do business with Moscow, the allies have been urging action for months.

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