Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strenuous haggling, of constant commuting by jet between Washington and the Middle East, of reassuring hand holding by President Carter and Secretary of State Vance, the two principals nudged their way reluctantly, morosely toward something that might pass for agreement. One thing that might serve to lure them closer together is the Nobel Peace Prize, which the two are due to receive on Dec. 10. But Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were slouching toward Oslo, counting every pace and grumbling over every step...
...seriously expects that the closer IRS scrutiny or the latest tax law will permanently eliminate the more blatant dodges. Tax advisers are already at work figuring out ways to beat the tax code and, given its ramshackle structure, they are certain to find new loopholes...
Ourselves and Our Children gives us a feminist view of the family much closer to the real world of single parents and female breadwinners than the traditional preconceptions. If this feminism seems to be merely a misnamed humanism, perhaps so; but the fact that we can now call feminism humanism might be the greatest testimony to the real achievements of the feminist movement...
...Basically, Ohira may be closer to the realignment of Japan around increased quality of life, instead of economic growth," Reischauer said...
Fukuda was favored to win the party primary, the first of its kind in many years in Japan. Ohira may have won because "he is closer to the center of Japanese politics" than the more conservative Fukuda, Reischauer said...