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Word: cuttingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...towel," says Democratic Senator Harrison Williams. "In the past when attempts were made to transfer Dix's training function somewhere else, a united New Jersey delegation has worked wonders." Ironically, many of the legislators who oppose the Pentagon's economy drive are severe critics of military spending. Cut the defense budget, they argue, any place but in my district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Taps for Dix | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...discuss what action to take against Egypt, the U.S. or Israel after the treaty signing. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud remained impassive as the P.L.O.'s Yasser Arafat argued for an economic boycott of both Egypt and the U.S. Declared Arafat: "l don't just want to cut off the tail of the snake, I want to crush its head. The U.S. is the head and Sadat the tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Jumble of Reactions | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Under the agreement, the countries will withdraw their ambassadors from Cairo and cut off diplomatic relations with Sadat's government. Egypt's membership in the Arab League will be suspended, and the organization's headquarters will be shifted from Cairo to Tunis. Technical and financial assistance to Egypt will be canceled. A ban on petroleum shipments to Egypt will be imposed. It was unclear, though, how all this would affect bilateral agreements like Saudi aid. In any case, it is likely that Arab heads of state will soon confer to determine exactly how the anti-Egyptian boycott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Jumble of Reactions | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Some officials are already talking about spending the revenues on things that have nothing to do with energy. One Treasury Department idea being examined by staffers on the House Ways and Means Committee is to use the proceeds to cut the size of the huge Social Security tax increases that Congress voted last year to go into effect beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: OPEC's Dangerous Game | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...where the corn from which alcohol is commonly made is abundant. The blend is hailed by its champions as a wonder that yields about the same mileage as unleaded gasoline and offers an ever renewable source of energy. Moreover, gasohol could, if it replaced gasoline as a standard fuel, cut perhaps as much as 10% from the nation's oil-import bill, which last year reached a staggering $40 billion. Now the fuel has won an endorsement from Jimmy Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rediscovering Home-Grown Fuel | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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