Word: closed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months ago, Administrator Jay Solomon, 56, a former land developer, has tightened supervision and procedures. But he says that further efforts at reform were hampered because many employees assumed that, as had been the case for years, real administrative power lay with Solomon's deputy, Robert Griffin, a close friend of House Speaker Tip O'Neill...
Peres: Although I feel that there is enough room to reach an agreement, I do not close my eyes [to the difficulties]. I know that there are major problems and that some are objectively difficult to solve. In my talks with President Sadat, I got the impression that there is no real call for the redivision of Jerusalem. Yet the Arab position is to demand their own flag raised in the city. Concerning changes on the frontiers, Sadat does distinguish between the Sinai, which has a recognized international border, and the West Bank, where all the lines resulted from wars...
...March with three moderate black leaders?Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau?had not been expected to provide an easy transition to black majority rule in Rhodesia. Last week it was clear that Smith's settlement plan had not only faltered, but might be close to failure...
...Bank of Japan spent a remarkable $400 million in official reserves during the first 25 minutes of trading on Monday in an effort to halt the collapse, the once mighty greenback still crashed through the psychologically important 200-yen barrier and kept plunging all week. At its Friday close on the Tokyo Exchange, a dollar would buy only 192.10 yen, a depreciation of nearly 5% in a week, and an overall decline of more than 18% since January...
Some harsher critics in the Knesset would like to close down the company and start a new one, a move that would allow it to reorganize, terminate its labor contracts and prune the work force. Though such extreme action is unlikely, it remains "a possibility," says Managing Director Mordechai Hod, who was commander of the Israeli air force during...