This argument also underlies the 1992 standstill agreement between the Americans and the Europeans setting limits on launch-aid subsidies.

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Singapore Technologies will get board representation, and will accept a standstill agreement imposing limitations on buying or selling Level 3 shares.

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All Malone had to do was to sit patiently until the three year standstill agreement expired before he moved in for the kill this year.

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If Mr. Schulze presents a transaction to shareholders or if he violates the standstill agreement he will not be entitled to two board seats that have been committed to him.

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Pakistan immediately contested the accession, suggesting that it was fraudulent, that the Maharaja acted under duress and that he had no right to sign an agreement with India when the standstill agreement with Pakistan was still in force.

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The Middle East peace process, which has been at a standstill for 19 months, faces a deadline of May 1999, when a temporary agreement between Israel and the Palestinians expires.

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