Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably be primarily under local auspices and local leadership ... It would be hypothetical and problematical as to whether or not it would involve the going back of Chiang as the head of the government." ¶Implied that the U.S. was no longer holding out for a formal cease-fire agreement, would be willing to negotiate Chiang's forces out of Quemoy if the Communists would just stop shooting. ¶Denied Chiang's statement that the U.S. had approved his Quemoy buildup, countered flatly that the U.S. "did not attempt to veto it"-but nonetheless had thought the move...
Conformity. Not surprisingly, the authors list agreement with one's department head as a must for advancement. But conformity reaches beyond scholarly dogmas. One teacher complained that his department head "believed that conviviality and sociability were the prime qualities for a professor. We had parties twice a month, played golf, etc. all the time. We also had a lousy department...
...Soviety Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin replied Moscow would agree to halt tests only if the United States and Britain accept an immediate ban "for all time." He accused the Western Powers of doing all in their power to "barricade and block the way" toward agreement...
...These quotas could gradually shrink to zero within a specified time, say two years. After that, until a general disarmament program came into effect, nations would be free to go on conducting tests, e.g., underground or in outer space, as long as there was no detectable fallout. Such an agreement-unlike an agreement to end all tests-would be easy to enforce, since radioactive fallout can be readily detected...
...will lose $1,000,000, Australia $5,000,000. Some governments will have to cut back budgets to accommodate reduced revenues, may possibly slap on discriminatory quotas against U.S. goods in retaliation. But the State Department hopes the quotas will give an important push toward working out an international agreement to stabilize the prices of lead and zinc, hopes that the necessity for the quotas will then be eliminated...