Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Option to Ride Out. While Laird found it "most encouraging to see a national debate" growing on ABM, he did not budge under attack. Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore told Laird that deploying ABMs "would make armaments-limitation agreement more difficult, if not impossible, to attain, and thus ultimately could degrade our deterrence." Laird replied soothingly that he would like nothing better than to see his job done away with by disarmament. Gore described the ABM scornfully as "a defense in search of a mission," noting that the system had been switched from defending cities to protecting missile sites...
...five minutes before the close of the meeting, Roger Thomas introduced a resolution deploring the current disruptions of classes. I am, of course, in agreement with the essential sentiment of that resolution. I believe, however, that what is called for in the present circumstances is a long and thoughtful discussion of the problems raised by what has been going on here and elsewhere. Moreover, I suggested that the experience of many faculty who signed the academic freedom statement after the Hunt Hall incident indicated that any statement made should be one that would not easily be appropriated for purposes other...
...said: "Some industries are getting near anarchy today." British Ford's negotiators confessed that they felt like characters in Alice in Wonderland. They could hardly overstate the absurdity of bargaining with scores of union leaders who do not have to consult their membership either before or after an agreement and who are often out of touch with the people they represent. Prime Minister Harold Wilson condemned the strike leaders for imperiling Britain's efforts to build exports and employment. All that has happened at Ford, he said, only provides powerful support for his government's plan...
...General agreement on principle did not prevent a raucous hour-long debate over revision of the resolution, originally written and released by John D. Hanify '71, HUC president, last week...
Fierce Competition. Japanese steel men aim for a 15% gain in output and increased exports this year. Already, about one ton of steel in every 15 sold in the U.S. is made in Japan, and Washington's urging has brought a Japanese agreement to reduce exports to the U.S. by nearly onefourth. The slack will be taken up in other markets, notably in Southeast Asia and Europe, where competition is expected to be fierce...