Word: controls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...efforts to appear decisive and determined in his handling of the nation's affairs, he kept encountering hidden obstacles. And as his standing in U.S. public opinion polls once again sank, world events seemed conspiring to prove his frequently repeated assertion that "the United States cannot control events within other nations...
Carter declared anew his thesis that the U.S. power to control geopolitical change is limited-and not necessarily useful. "We do not oppose change," he said. "Many of the political currents sweeping the world express a desire we share-the desire for a world in which the legitimate aspirations of nations and individuals have a greater chance of fulfillment." In such cases-and he included Iran-there was no cause for U.S. intervention. Said he: "Those who argue that the United States could or should intervene directly to thwart these events are wrong about the realities of Iran...
...under discussion was about as trivial as it could be. Congressmen were passing a resolution urging the Merchant Marine to select an official march for the first time. Nevertheless, the 23-minute session was historic. It was taped by an elaborate $1.2 million complex of television equipment from a control room in a subbasement of the Capitol...
...from $11,964 to $16,764, for patrolmen, contract coverage for ranking officers, and binding arbitration in disputes over noneconomic issues. The city balked. The new demands would have cost an additional $ 19 million, which it claimed it did not have. Morial accused the Teamsters of trying to wrest control of the police department from the city. The police walked out again, despite a back-to-work court order...
...Minh. The eleven-man Politburo is divided between pragmatists who want to concentrate on internal reconstruction and hard-liners who are bent on military adventure, despite the gruesome hardships involved. The hardliners, led by pro-Soviet Party Boss Le Duan and Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, are in control. Says a diplomat long acquainted with Hanoi...