Word: bottlenecks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...politics has been the most bothersome bottleneck in the development of China's oil. Before the Communists came to power in the late 1940s, little oil exploration had been conducted in China. In the '50s, Russian experts helped in tapping several big finds, but in 1960 they pulled out, leaving the barely experienced Chinese on their own. Their departure coincided with the conclusion of Mao's Great Leap Forward, which was intended to initiate the masses into the discipline and skills required in an industrial society. The consequence: a huge stumble backward that hurt China...
...influence single-handedly the future of a whole series of legislative proposals. There are various strains of "influence" in Congress and this kind is not to be confused with the organizational, vote-corraling clout that Lyndon Johnson possessed as Majority Leader in the 1950s. It is, instead, the old bottleneck route to power. Certain members have a stranglehold on those committees through which pass the major issues...
...most significant bottleneck this session has appeared in the Senate Finance Committee, and the man gripping it so tightly is its chairman, Sen. Russell Long (D-La.). President Carter's welfare program is being chewed on--and by and large spit out--by that committee. His tax package won't even be submitted until next year because of fear of the same treatment. His proposed use of general revenue funds to bail out an ailing and tax-regressive social security system was doomed from the start, thanks in large measure to Long. As for Carter's energy proposals, Long played...
...does not speak well for the resolve of that chamber's members--particularly those Democratic leaders who agree conceptually with the President's programs and talk frequently of ethics in government. Senate rules now permit chairmanships to be stripped from senators with seniority, but Long can expect to have bottleneck control for many years to come. The senior senator from Louisiana's way of doing things on Capitol Hill--the old way--is as powerful as ever. Carter is learning that lesson now. It is a painful...
...State were looking for movement on peace talks in the Middle East and on strategic arms negotiations with the Soviets but were careful not to let expectations get out of hand. In the end, SALT was still stalemated. However, there seemed to be a minute improvement in a procedural bottleneck that has blocked a reconvening of the Geneva Conference between Israelis and Arabs. But there was no progress on the basic issues of Israel's refusal to withdraw to its 1967 borders or to accept an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank...