Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congressmen labored more effectively in committee rooms. One accomplishment was an agreement by House-Senate conferees on a bill to continue rent control until March 1, 1948-with qualifications. The bill would permit rent boosts of 15% over present ceilings, provided the landlord 1) gets a tenant's "voluntary" consent and 2) gives him a lease running through 1948. It would remove restrictions on commercial building (except for amusement and recreational facilities...
...pursue these objectives merely by exhortation or joint declaration and agreement. No people has ever given more tangible or extensive evidence of its good will and intention. Particularly is this true in our attitude toward the Soviet Union...
...just 52 weeks since Bernard Baruch had first presented the U.S. atomic control plan, and time was still ticking away with no agreement in sight. But Lake Success was expectant: the Russians were finally going to spell out the kind of international atomic control they would accept. Andrei Gromyko turned up that morning in what looked like a brand-new tropical suit. Actually, Gromyko's grey suit was five years old. The new Russian control plan was also cut from old cloth...
...assassinated by Greek Communists. 35. Other evidence that the U.S. would move swiftly toward democratic reconstruction was the agreement among Marshall, Bevin and Bidault to give France...
...realist to the core, Gulbenkian did not expect to keep Standard from going into Saudi Arabia by holding it to the "Red Line" agreement. But if the agreement is to be abrogated, so that Standard and Socony would not have to share their Arabian oil with Iraq Petroleum partners, Gulbenkian wanted to be paid off. So far, his price has looked too high to Standard...