Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that years of underfunding by corporate managers and abuse of pension funds by some union bosses may have left millions of workers helpless, Congress in 1974 passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which set up the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to assure the payment of vested pensions. The aim was to prevent situations like the one that arose in 1964 when Studebaker stopped production and workers were left with little or no benefits. Now the pension protector is itself troubled. Twice the Pension Corporation has asked Congress to postpone putting into effect new provisions on multiemployer pension funds...
...peace, it's a pretty tough diplomatic act to beat." So said Robert Strauss last week on his third trip to Israel and Egypt since being appointed President Carter's special Middle East envoy last April. This time the shuttling Texan took with him eleven U.S.businessmen. His aim: to foster the sort of investment in the area that would help to cement the Camp David agreements with tangible economic benefits...
...healthy and Paul Connors set to start, but whether Connors can fit in well after just a few days of practice is a big guestion. Harvard has its full forces ready. Both teams have new offensive backfield, a wealth of rookies, and untested kicking games. Look for Restic to aim his running game at the inexperienced Columbia linebackers. If the backers play hard against the run, Restic says he'll have Burke St. John throw play-action passes to mess up the Lion defense. In the end, Baker Field is ugly and Harvard will take...
...Jack is back, though his legend and legacy never left. "Harvard has been struggling in a lot of sports," he says. "But we had an old saying about Cambridge: 'Atmosphere of excellence.' And while that shouldn't be taken too seriously, I'd like to aim...
...authoritative administration official who provided an account of the president's early morning conference said new discussions with the Russians will aim at results that would "alter the situation" in Cuba...