Word: access
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such, he had acted as a liaison between the two establishments. Last week he said he had learned in 1971 that the CIA'S contact in the White House was Butterfield. At the time, Prouty was looking for access to the White House to get help for a project involving U.S. prisoners of war in Viet Nam. His CIA connections referred him to Howard Hunt, the convicted Watergate burglar and a longtime CIA agent. "If you're a Rotarian," explains Prouty, "you go to a member of the Rotary Club." The old school tie worked. Prouty said that...
...OILFIELDS. Besides withdrawing from the passes, Israel will turn back to Egypt the Abu Rudeis oilfields; since being captured in the Six-Day War, they have furnished 50% of Israel's domestic petroleum requirements. Egypt will resume operation of the fields, acquiring access to them over an Egyptian-controlled highway along the Gulf of Suez coast. Israel will service its troops remaining in the area by means of a parallel road. In places where the two roads come close to each other, Israel will build detours in order to avoid incidents. The U.S., meanwhile, will guarantee Israel alternative...
...first have appeared, the U.S. One admittedly prejudiced senior China watcher in Washington puts it thus: "The removal of the relatively benign American presence from the southern flank of China has caused Peking a lot of worry. Hanoi's relations with China are uneasy. Soviet access to Southeast Asia-possibly a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay [site of the largest U.S. military installation during the Viet Nam War]-would change the whole strategic balance of power in Asia...
...revolution. Well I hope that ERA passes. I'm not just offering you empty promises because throughout my political life what I've promised I've always kept. I would like to include in the Democratic platform political equality, equal educational opportunity, equal work opportunities and equal pay and access for women into the economic power structure...
...most of America has left behind -doomed by the onset of jet travel, domed stadiums and exorbitant salaries. How much longer it lasts depends on the major league franchises, which still use farm teams to ripen talent. Victims of TV broadcasts from major league cities, which give fans painless access to top-quality play, the minors have lost too many fans to pay their way; most clubs are now supported in red ink by big-league teams. Last year the Philadelphia Phillies alone poured $2 million into their farm system-including Spartanburg. Even so, the bush leagues continue...