Word: conference
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...While fretting over international problems, he has always found time to promote such Arkansas products as soybeans and poultry. His constituents, moreover, take pride in his international reputation even if they do not share his views. Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks...
Heath's first move was to try to gain the support of Liberal Leader Jeremy Thorpe, who went to London at week's end to confer with Heath. After the election, Thorpe had declared that his party was "going to stand firm." Many experts thought that made good sense. Said one Laborite: "It would be the kiss of death for the Liberals if they were to be seen propping up Ted Heath in power...
...major figures involved in the Middle East peace effort, there was no apparent fuel shortage last week-at least for jets. First, Foreign Ministers Ismail Fahmy of Egypt and Omar Saqqaf of Saudi Arabia flew to Washington to confer with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Four days later, Kissinger dropped in on Mexico City for a conference of Latin American foreign ministers, where he called for "a new era of interdependence" in the hemisphere. At week's end Kissinger was to return to Washington for a day or so before flying once again to the Middle East for another...
Besides Leverett, six Houses are apparently set against sending representatives to the CRR, while five others are reserving judgment until they confer further with other House representatives...
...outlook for the U.S. is even less promising. Last week a Canadian delegation led by Energy Minister Donald Macdonald went to Washington to confer with Energy Chief William Simon and other U.S. officials. Canada is the only Western nation that pumps more oil than it consumes, but the Canadians told their American counterparts that Canada will soon be burning all the oil that it can produce. In the meantime, there is little chance that the export tax will be significantly reduced...