Word: demands
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...bold action. We have our differences with the Israelis, but the most unfortunate thing was the differences among ourselves in the Arab world on procedures. So I wanted first to make sure of one thing. Does Begin really intend to establish peace or not? Is Israel genuine in its demand for peace talks? I started my journey to Rumania. I had a very long talk with [President Nicolae] Ceauşescu-tête-à-tête. He is a real friend, and he is also a real friend of the Israelis. I asked, is Begin genuine...
...joined the boycott to protest the polygraph exams and Joseph Coors' backing of Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the anti-Equal Rights Amendment forces. The Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women has asked ERA supporters to bring aluminum cans to a Coors recycling center and demand that the company pay for them with checks made out to the local pro-ERA campaign. Chicano boycotters accuse Coors of racial discrimination in hiring, a charge that the company denies...
Peter Coors, 31, the company's marketing vice president, concedes that the boycott has been painful: sales in California, which account for almost 45% of the company's volume, are down by 15%. A possible settlement is complicated by the company's demand that the union accept an open shop, which became a management goal after 53% of the strikers crossed picket lines and returned to work last spring. But Peter Coors thinks that Coors has weathered the worst. Says he: "If we've been hurt, then we've been hurt as much...
...proposals, carried to Washington by Nobuhiko Ushiba, Japan's new Minister of External Economic Affairs, were put together in response to intense U.S. pressure on Japan to reduce its trade barriers and stimulate its economy in order to boost demand for imports. But the concessions were far less significant than American officials wanted. To Robert Strauss, the President's chief trade negotiator, the proposals "fall considerably short of what this Government feels is necessary." Not surprisingly, Ushiba himself, in a burst of frankness, had warned reporters before leaving Japan that his proposals would not satisfy the Americans...
...amount of beef that Japanese hotels can import would only be doubled, to 2,000 Ibs. in the current fiscal year-a laughably small amount, given the hunger of both Japanese and visiting foreigners for steaks and roasts. In all, the Japanese proposals did not satisfy the American demand for an early, one-third reduction in Japan's trade surplus with the U.S., which is expected to reach $8.5 billion this calendar year...