Word: carrot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After brandishing the stick, Brezhnev proffered a meager carrot. He said that the number of Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles aimed at Europe would be reduced if the NATO weapons were not deployed. He added that the U.S.S.R. would unilaterally withdraw up to 20,000 Soviet troops plus 1,000 tanks and other military hardware from East Germany within the next twelve months...
This may not be the time, however, for the U.S. to officially recognize the PLO. That option should be reserved as a carrot if the PLO acts reasonably and in good faith. This approach would be consistent with American policy toward the People's Republic of China before the normalization of relations early this year. Although the U.S. did not officially recognize China, the two countries did hold periodic talks to keep open the lines of communication...
Contrary to Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal's feeling [Sept. 17] that fear alone, through tougher auditing of tax returns, will force people to declare their full income, I feel the carrot-and-stick approach will be more effective. That is, decrease taxes for everybody, perhaps to just 10% of income, but increase the penalties for tax dodging. Herein everyone will...
...Arabs' carrot-and-stick diplomatic approach caught the Carter Administration off guard. The President's ambassador-at-large in the Middle East Robert Strauss, mistakenly reported last month that the Saudis were downplaying any possible link between their gift of increased oil production and diplomatic progress on the Palestinian issue. During his appointed trip to Strauss Riyadh, felt in that fact, the the newly Fahd was deliberately distinguishing between the two issues by introducing them separately and without any reference to "linkage." A U.S. expert concluded later: "It was classic Bedouin hospitality to avoid controversial subjects during...
...costly program, provided it is ever enacted by Congress, will accelerate the trends by stimulating investment and spurring technological breakthroughs. Says Economist Arthur Okun: "If there is an Edwin [Polaroid] Land or a Hewlett or a Packard in the country with a bright idea for energy production, a big carrot is being held...