Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time has come when Americans must become aware that the youth of this anxiety-ridden country has issues to discuss that are relevant to all those who are committed to peace, prosperity and the American way. Finally, the older generation is changing in terms of speaking out for what one truly believes in, as youth has been doing for several years...
...emergence of African women has caused little discernible reaction among African men, although the males often discuss the relative merits of traditional girls and modern girls as wives. Joseph Oduho, a Southern Sudanese rebel-organization official, recently married an educated woman after his tribal wife died. He says: "My former wife couldn't read or write. She spent her time in the kitchen with the children. She would choose a new wife for me, and she knew how to cure me if I was sick. I could lie to her, and it didn't matter. She was simple...
Ugly Rumors. Niarchos was told not to leave the country, and Eugenie's body was taken to Athens for an autopsy. Officials said nothing, and the Greek press was forbidden to discuss the investigation. But the Niarchos family leaked the medical examiner's report that Eugenie, who had taken 25 Seconal tablets, had died from an overdose of barbiturates. The report also supported Niarchos' contention that the bruises on her body were caused by his efforts to revive...
...every opportunity, Brandt sought to engage the Soviet leaders on the subject of Berlin. In the earlier negotiations with West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel, the Russians had refused to discuss it, adamantly insisting that it was a four-power responsibility and none of West Germany's business. Under pressure from Scheel, however, the Soviets had privately agreed that if the West Germans would proceed with the signing of the treaty, some progress; would take place in the four-power talks on Berlin. At the final meeting with Brandt, Kosygin begged off by saying that the Soviets, after...
...major mover in the securities markets, Howard Stein is deeply concerned by Wall Street's difficulties. He has brought together, and acts as quarterback for, a group of seven leading moneymen, who travel from many parts of the U.S. to meet regularly, usually at Dreyfus' Manhattan headquarters, to discuss inflation and the economy, the problems of the brokerage business and the future structure of the exchanges. Among the men who attend the four-hour sessions are Thomas Reeves of Investors Diversified Services, Wellington Fund's John Bogle, Mellon Bank's Lloyd Pederson, InterCapital's Fred Stein (no kin), and Kidder...