Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...situation, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal was assassinated last week by a disaffected nephew. Faisal had been a friend of the U.S. and a moderating influence on other Arab leaders, though zealously anti-Israel. His successor, King Khalid, and the powerful Crown Prince Fahd, however, seemed unlikely to make abrupt changes in Saudi policies on oil, Israel and other matters...
...period of reassessment is needed so that all concerned can consider how best to proceed toward a just and lasting peace." With that admission of failure, read to newsmen in Jerusalem by State Department Spokesman Robert Anderso. Henry Kissinger's latest venture in shuttle diplomacy came to an abrupt and unhappy end. After 17 days of almost continuous commuting between Israel and Egypt, the Secretary suspended his efforts to get a second-stage disengagement and returned to Washington to report to President Ford and Congress. The official statement said that Kissinger would "remain in close touch with...
...another Harvard fund-raisers to plead his case. As for the Ford Foundation, the days of the big matching grants are over. New tax laws designed to curtail foundation assets have caused organizations like Ford to cut off their grants--not with a slow phase-out but an abrupt yanking...
...majority vote for a compromise package of $82.5 million spread over 90 days and tied to monthly reports by Ford on progress in seeking a negotiated settlement. All military aid would end June 30. Du Pont, 40, argued that this would be more useful in achieving peace than an abrupt cutoff of help...
...doubts created by the Brighton and Bridgewater problems and the new possibilities for educating volunteers opened up by the courses have led to volunteers' increased feelings of responsibility for their role in the Boston and Cambridge communities. Most of the executives trace their abrupt change in attitude to last spring, when they say the executive, through meetings and discussions, came to feel that PBH policy needed overhauling. Schmidt and Cooke say that all 30 cabinet members now agree on the shift to social action: it is only on the nuts and bolts of implementation that they have to continually confer...