Word: dente
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...major foreign-trade decision last week and came down in favor of election-year politics against free-market philosophy. In response to vigorous lobbying by steelmakers and the steelworkers union, Ford agreed to limit imports of most stainless and alloy tool steels. He directed his special trade representative, Frederick Dent, to attempt to negotiate "orderly marketing agreements" with the major foreign exporters: Japan, Sweden and the European Common Market. If such agreements are not concluded by June 14, Ford will impose quotas similar to those recommended in January by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). They would hold imports this...
...time, but ultimately the practice is self-defeating ?as Lockheed is now learning. Some of the U.S. executives who authorized bribes undoubtedly thought they would never be discovered, but they have been, and are costing the companies much-needed sales. Worse, the disclosures could well put a dent in the foreign business of other American corporations that are wholly innocent of any wrongdoing...
...even the rising political challenge of Ronald Reagan seemed to dent Ford's hard-core optimism. He brushed it aside with the admonition to wait for Election Day. Jerry Ford, at once so simple and yet so perplexing, could almost be believed when he said, "I get a great feeling every day I get up. I can't wait to get over to the office. Some days I am more disappointed than others, but I enjoy the challenge every...
Pupils at the all-black Holy Angels School on Chicago's South Side realized that handing out their usual holiday food baskets to the poor would not make a dent in local hardship; unemployment in the parish runs to 30%. So the kids sent 800 letters to Chicago businessmen, asking them to put the unemployed to work. They even read some of their letters aloud at Mass one Sunday. Wrote Tiannia Easter, 9, to the Peoples Gas Co.: "There are many people out of work in my neighborhood, but I would like you to hire just...
...image has not made much of a dent on his character. At home in Duncanville, Texas, in the offseason, Greene lives in a sprawling ranch house. He enjoys just sitting around watching his three children, Charles, 7, Edward, 6, and Joquel, 2. "I've missed a lot of their growing up," he says. Other times, Greene is happy weeding the cucumbers and squash in his garden, sipping a glass of white wine while he listens to the Temptations, or helping his wife Agnes clean house. A compulsive tidier, Joe says, "It gives me peace of mind to know things...