Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deeply hostile to Marxism-Leninism, the interests of socialism and the cause of peace." In Peking, Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping similarly put a damper on the Moscow meeting in remarks to a foreign visitor, Canada's ex-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Reported Trudeau: "He made it quite clear that in his mind the differences between Moscow and Peking have their origin in Russian chauvinism that is worse, as he put it, than in Czarist days...
...financially independent. Nearly 45% of the men and 47% of the women reported that supervisors or co-workers of the opposite sex had made admiring sexual comments; 31% of the men and 33% of the women spoke of being leered at or touched. It had been made abundantly clear to 6% of the men and 11% of the women that they were expected to sleep with their bosses or with influential co-workers in order to keep their jobs. The women who made passes were described by the men as "very attractive" and under 40; men who made advances...
...fact, when all the extra costs are added in, the total will actually be $325 million, give or take a million or two: ABC has also contracted to build a broadcast center at the Olympic site and to provide foreign networks with a clear signal out of the U.S. Even so, the network is certain it can fulfill Pierce's boast. "You can assume, making the bid we did, that we did a lot of homework," said Roone Arledge, president of the news and sports divisions. "We came into this with the idea we were going to make...
...city schoolchildren. Radiation levels higher than normal were also found in the urine of local residents and in the water of a parochial school swimming pool. Rather than fight to retain its license, American Atomics decided to leave the state. Said Company President Peter Biehl: "It's quite clear that people don't want us in Arizona...
...action would have on public opinion and the President's standing in the polls. When Nixon excused himself to go to the bathroom, I whirled on Haldeman, who had never meddled in substance, and castigated him for interfering at a moment of such crisis. Haldeman grinned shamefacedly, making clear by his bearing that Nixon had put him up to his little speech. I was used to many games from my complex leader; this one was beyond my comprehension-until the revelation of Nixon's taping system suggested a possible motive: the President wanted me unambiguously on record...