Word: blunts
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...seemed to work a strange chemistry on each other. The King, who is 41 but has held the Hashemite throne for 25 years, has a long view of Middle East affairs: he was pessimistic about Israel's willingness to make peace. Under Carter's persistent probing-more blunt than Gerald Ford or Richard Nixon had been in similar meetings-the King's pessimism moderated a bit. But Carter, who had earlier been hopeful about Geneva, was visibly downcast as he saw Hussein into a limousine outside the Oval Office...
Seated at his most formal White House desk, Carter was serious and effective Monday night in delineating the dimensions of the impending energy shortage. Although his words were, as always, delivered in soft Southern tones, they were blunt and stark. If the world's use of oil continues at present rates, he predicted, demand will exceed international production by the early 1980s. Just to stay even would require "the production of a new Texas every year, an Alaskan North Slope every nine months or a new Saudi Arabia every three years...
...fluid situation is in the center. There the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats and a broad coalition called Centro Democrático are still discussing whether to enter the election as a bloc. Their decision partly depends on whether Suarez chooses to head such a centrist alliance in order to blunt some of Fraga's appeal. The Premier, however, can sit out the election. As a direct appointee of the King, Suarez has a mandate for five years; thus unless Juan Carlos sacks him, the Premier keeps his office until mid-1981 no matter who wins...
...reorganization appears to enhance Caldwell's position in the interim and blunt lacocca's rise, at least for now. When Henry is in Washington touting his views on energy legislation and emission standards to Congress and President Carter (he was an early Carter supporter), Caldwell will run Ford Motor. Only if Caldwell is unavailable will lacocca take over. lacocca fathered the phenomenally successful Mustang in the 1960s and has long hungered to be the first non-Ford to head the company since its founding in 1903. But his stiletto style and jungle-fighting tactics have earned him many...
These bits of blunt advice are not delivered by a kindly country doctor but by an unusual new medical guide for lay people. Unlike most other books in this proliferating genre, Symptoms: The Complete Home Medical Encyclopedia (Thomas Y. Crowell; $17.95) helps the medically untutored diagnose an illness as the professionals do: by its symptoms...