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...times. But they could contribute to the process by which, after two centuries, Americans could again seek to be "a reformed and happy people." For the moment, though modern Americans may use less quaint terms, they are so keenly aware of their "vice, prophaneness, extortion" that they tend to defer their dreams and deny their promise...
...mayor's austerity plans outraged city union leaders. They had agreed to a partial one-year wage freeze only after Beame agreed last summer not to lay off any more workers except in an extreme emergency. The control board seemed to be forcing him to defer wage increases in the city's labor contracts for another two years. Further, union leaders were upset by the board's rejection of the agreement that ended a five-day teachers' strike last month; the board found the settlement too expensive...
...done no work what-soever in the three weeks I've been here. I switch, mentally, my concentration every day and my courses almost every hour. One week I'm an advanced standing sophomore, one week I'm a freshman, and the next I've decided to defer admission until next year...
...then would be granted only if the city's budget is balanced and if its bonds are being accepted by investors-two big ifs. Lower-paid workers would fare better under the plan than higher-paid ones. Those earning $10,000 a year or less would have to defer only 2% of their increase until 1978; those between $10,000 and $15,000 would put off 4%; and those above $15,000 would have to wait three years for the entire raise...
...Washington to fulminate against American policy. If Ford had welcomed him and shaken his hand, his criticisms might have attracted less attention, but Ford's advisers, notably Kissinger, unwisely urged him against such a meeting. That made Ford look like someone who had to defer to Soviet displeasure. Ford changed course as far as anyone could, offering Solzhenitsyn a standing invitation to the White House, but Solzhenitsyn last week preferred to issue statements. He accused the President of going to Helsinki to "sign the betrayal of Eastern Europe" and "acknowledge officially its slavery forever...