Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found myself in total agreement with Mr. Kanfer's Essay on the dubious state of our language [Jan. 1]. Though I'm only 25 years old, I find it almost impossible to communicate with my 19-year-old brother, who spouts forth such unintelligible phrases as "icked out" and "icked up." (Yes, he says there is a difference between them...
...would not regard it as an anti-Soviet shift. Shortly after he surprised the world in mid-December by granting Peking full diplomatic recognition as of Jan. 1, Carter said reassuringly: "Our new relationship with China will not put any additional obstacles in the way of a successful SALT agreement and also will not endanger our good relationship with the Soviet Union." The President was too optimistic...
...area has cooperation been pursued more determinedly than in the attempt to control nuclear arsenals. While the progress at SALT often reflects other aspects of the Washington-Moscow relationship, as last month's delaying tactics in Geneva demonstrated, there is little doubt that both sides genuinely want an agreement. Brezhnev seems eager for it and apparently sees the signing of SALT II as a fitting capstone to his long career as a Soviet leader...
...President, moreover, felt that he had a right to criticize Moscow because it had signed the 1975 Helsinki accord. That agreement, among other things, calls for respect for human rights and a freer exchange of ideas and information between East and West. But Brezhnev interprets Helsinki very selectively. In his interview, he ignores the accord's provisions dealing with human rights and greater freedom while stressing the section that gives each signatory the right "to choose and develop its political, social, economic and cultural systems...
...management proposal was that 80 printers be retired over six months with $40,000 in severance pay apiece. The union balked and on Dec. 31 got a court injunction barring the paper from going out of business, arguing that the contract indicated that all disputes about the agreement should be taken to arbitration. When the Star replied that it would be forced to petition for bankruptcy if the new contracts were not signed, the printers began negotiating again and soon settled. The Star praised the unions' efforts and proclaimed: "We are here to stay...