Word: deal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they are. I'm afraid too many are just looking for political votes." Added Evelyn Dubrow, veteran lobbyist for the International Ladies' Garment Workers: "I think the members have been sold a bill of goods by the conservatives. It's like we never had a New Deal or a Fair Deal or a Great Society...
...Johnson would have-done when he saw on his office ticker that gasoline lines were forming in California, said one harried energy planner. L.B.J. would have called in the oil executives and demanded a firm production estimate within 24 hours. He would have grabbed their arms and cut a deal - price decontrol for a reasonable tax on windfall profits. Then, the official continued, Johnson would have gathered a group of congressional leaders and had them help prepare an emergency rationing program. Meantime he would have assembled the Governors and filling-station operators and demanded a voluntary plan of restraint...
...enterprise. To date, however, arms-control efforts have not had much success. While the 1972 SALT I accord has halted deployment of an antimissile system, it only managed to freeze intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched missiles at existing high levels. The treaty ignored bombers and did not deal effectively with weapon modernization. Disappointed arms-control advocates hoped that subsequent agreements would slash superpower nuclear stockpiles. The achievements of last week's accord remain relatively modest, but they do go beyond SALT I. For the first time, a few aging nuclear weapons actually will have to be dismantled...
...only 40 Senators appear to be enthusiastically behind the new treaty. Another ten will almost certainly back it though they say that they are still undecided. Definitely opposing the pact are some 20 hardliners, such as Barry Goldwater, Henry Jackson and Jesse Helms, who distrust just about any arms deal with the Soviets. Joining these hawks probably will be about ten Senators now leaning away from the accord. A few doves, such as Oregon's Mark Hatfield and Wisconsin's William Proxmire, are also inclined to vote against the treaty; they view it as a sham because...
...second assumption is that the change from a white to a black dominated society will occur in a revolutionary fashion. Now, that assumption is subject to debate. Our natural desires and hopes as educated people who prefer to deal in concepts is that the inevitable change will be peaceful. Therefore, we think of innumerable plans, we look for any amount of improvement no matter how insignificant the number of individuals affected, to justify our hopes. Hence, we have the Sullivan principles. We also have Mr. Bok's letters. Both are premised on the hope that change will be peaceful. History...