Word: breakthroughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the moment Henry Kissinger arrived at the Kremlin last week, it was obvious that his visit would not exactly be a love feast. In his latest negotiations with Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, the Secretary of State was seeking a breakthrough that would end the Soviet involvement in Angola and get the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks moving again. At their first meeting, a jovial and healthy-looking Brezhnev declared: "The main subject is the achievement of a new SALT agreement." When an American reporter asked if Angola would also be discussed, Brezhnev replied with a shrug: "For me there...
...news conference last week that Moscow's meddling in Angola threatens to scuttle both detente and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Nonetheless, Kissinger made a date to meet in Moscow this week with Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev in an effort to rescue detente by achieving a breakthrough on both SALT and Angola. The situation...
Succulent Dish. A pioneer shark promoter is New Orleans' Preston Battistella, 50, one of the biggest fish wholesalers on the Eastern seaboard. In 1973, when he started handling shark meat, Battistella sold 60,000 Ibs.; in 1975 his volume was more than 300,000 Ibs. His biggest breakthrough came after he invited the New Orleans school board to lunch and served them "fish Creole." When he identified the succulent dish as shark, selling for only 75? per lb., v. $3.50 per lb. for pompano or snapper, he landed a three-month contract to sell the school system...
ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Beginning in 1977, automobile manufacturers must meet progressively stricter gasoline-mileage standards; by 1985 the average car must get 27.5 miles per gal., an improvement of more than 50% over the current average. Most U.S. automakers complain that meeting the requirement will require an unforeseen technological breakthrough, a relaxation of exhaust-emission standards and a massive switch by consumers to automobiles about the size of General Motors' tiny Chevette, which seats four passengers and gets 32 miles per gal. The automakers would prefer using higher prices at the pump, penalties for gas-guzzling autos or refunds...
...breakthrough in the 13-day-old United strike caught the industry by surprise, including the machinists who had closed the airline down on Dec. 6, largely over a dispute concerning job security for union members. Both management and the union expected a long walkout. When the two sides met early last week at the urging of the National Mediation Board, no one expected quick results. But after holding separate sessions with United and the machinists, White House Mediator W.J. Usery saw a possibility for a compromise. On Thursday he brought the two sides together in a bargaining session that lasted...