Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for the successful news blackout was that the Egyptians and Israelis agreed to allow Jody Powell to serve as the sole official outlet of information #151;surely one of the toughest assignments ever handed a White House press secretary. In his daily meetings with reporters inside the American Legion post at Thurmont, Md., six miles from Camp David, Powell kept his statements concise and skillfully avoided conveying anything substantive. He deflected questions about concessions on the part of Israel or Egypt by noting diplomatically: "There's been flexibility shown on both sides." To ensure that this modest observation...
...Iran was "paying a price" for the manner in which its economic programs had been conducted. The Premier promised that the government's liberalization program, under which no fewer than 40 political parties have formed, would result in new "political freedoms and social justice." The government promised to allow the parties time to organize and campaign before next June's promised elections...
Diner's Club is offering checks through an arrangement with Thomas Cook & Sons; they are free, while American Express charges $1 per $100 in checks. Master Charge plans to begin selling traveler's checks, probably by late next year, and will allow them to be charged on its card. Visa is also considering a traveler's check venture...
However, of those scientists who have studied the matter and expressed an opinion, the overwhelming majority believe the waste-disposal problem can be satisfactorily resolved. The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels, which the U.S. Government has refused to allow in its ineffective effort to prevent proliferation of weapons, would convert much of the waste into fuel that would be burned up for power. The rest, say nuclear scientists, physicists and engineers, can be vitrified, or embedded in blocks of glass, then buried deep underground in geologically stable salt or rock formations. All the waste generated up to the year...
Much of this paperwork morass can be avoided without compromising the safety or civil rights of anyone. The Administration's proposed nuclear licensing bill would allow the NRC to give final approval to plants that follow a standard, accepted design for construction on previously approved sites. In that way, it would eliminate some layers of review agencies and reduce the opportunities for opponents to reopen litigation on is sues that have already been legally resolved by courts. Unfortunately, there will be no action on this proposal before 1979. Legislation to place the licensing process in the hands of fewer...