Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Provisional Revolutionary Government (P.R.G.) maintained by the National Liberation Front in South Viet Nam. The two sides would work out the composition of a "caretaker government" that would succeed the Thieu regime and prepare the country for general elections to choose a constituent assembly. The assembly would draft a new constitution, a new round of elections would be held, and a new and presumably broad-based government that included Communists would take its place in Saigon...
This summer, the Administration proposed and helped draft legislation that would clamp a $250 billion ceiling on spending and grant Nixon wide latitude in making the necessary cuts to meet that limit. In part, Nixon was motivated by a genuine desire to rein in runaway expenditures. But he was also seeking grounds for castigating the Democratic Congress as a fraternity of high spenders, setting it up as the scapegoat for what seems to be an inevitable tax increase next year. He also hoped to obscure the fact that his Administration had set spending records in spite of his self-proclaimed...
Park, who first took power in a military coup eleven years ago, cryptically declared that his move was necessary to reform the political structure, control "irresponsible political parties" and ease the problems of reunification with North Korea. He said that draft amendments to the constitution will be announced this week and put to a national referendum next month. He also expressed fear that "the interests of smaller countries might be sacrificed" as a result of the U.S.-China détente -meaning that the U.S. would no longer automatically and fully back any regime just because it is antiCommunist...
...they refused. Then he invited the opposition Christian Democrat leaders to meet with him to discuss ways of ending the strike, only to be rebuffed again. Last week Santiago bus owners threatened to strike and Allende hastened to meet their demands with only minor reservations. He agreed to draft a law guaranteeing that bus transport will remain in the private sector, return three nationalized bus companies to their owners, and drop lawsuits against transport leaders brought during the strikes...
...initial draft of the Department's progress report, released this summer, the Department urged that Ewart Guinier '33, the chairman of the Department, be retained for an indefinite period of time...