Word: answering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...getting," he said-so much so that no increase was anticipated in the currently authorized troop level of 525,000. He was pessimistic about prospects for a bombing pause, and noted that Hanoi's demands last week for a U.S. pullout as a prelude to peace talks "should answer any person in this country who has ever felt that stopping the bombing alone would bring us to the negotiating table." If North Viet Nam's leaders are operating on the assumption that another President would pull out of Viet Nam and make "an inside deal," they are making...
That afternoon, Callaghan had to go before the Commons to answer questions about rumors that Britain had made international loan arrangements. He did not confirm that there were such negotiations for a good reason: there had not yet, in fact, been any. It was not until after the Cabinet meeting that the government went out and started looking for loans on the basis of its decision. The Bank of England's O'Brien went to work calling up his central bank counterparts in Europe and in the U.S. The whole deal was finally arranged by Saturday afternoon...
...answer, suggests Davis, is a natural population growth rate of zero (births equal to deaths), "for any growth rate, if continued, will eventually use up the earth." Such a drastic reduction in births might require absolute government regulation of the size of families-a concept that most nations have found impossible to accept. In a more Orwellian guise, writes Davis, such control might include pressure through limits on availability of housing, manipulation of inflation to force mothers to work, increased city congestion by the deliberate neglect of transit systems, and increased personal insecurity through rigged unemployment...
Overrun World. Davis does not think such appalling correctives need ever become necessary. Instead, he feels, futurists should accept the fact that persuasion, not family planning, is the answer to population growth. He suggests economic persuaders to encourage the postponement of marriage and the limitation of births within marriage. How? Among other methods, by charging substantial fees for marriage licenses; levying a "child tax"; taxing single persons less than married ones; eliminating tax exemptions for children; legalizing abortion and sterilization...
...counsels Colvin's students on the pitfalls of getting together. These include such dangers as whether the mergee's inventory is all he says it is and questions such as: How do you handle your own employee reaction if his pension plan is better than yours? Answer: Increase yours if the acquisition costs justify it. David Judelson, president of merger-minded Gulf & Western Corp., discusses financial techniques. Raytheon Chairman Charles Adams explains the most promising methods of making the first overture. Best way: try a direct telephone call to the proposed partner but keep the conversation vague...