Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...general formula approved at the November 1974 summit in Vladivostok-just as Soviet Boss Leonid Brezhnev has been insisting it must. While the relatively high ceilings (2,400 strategic launchers for each side) permitted by the Vladivostok guidelines may be lowered a bit in SALT II's final draft, the very substantial slashes in the U.S. and Soviet arsenals sought by President Jimmy Carter will have to await SALT...
...Chevalier the first time, Albert Einstein the second time, and the award was never given again. P.S.: the flash point for "Valid for Board" Bursars cards is 312 degrees F., for those of you who want to be a hit at parties by burning them, since there aren't draft cards...
Jesse Winchester: Nothing but a Breeze (Bearsville). "Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie/ And my head in the cool blue North," sings Jesse Winchester on the title cut of his fifth album. Although he is now a Canadian citizen, having gone north to avoid the draft a decade ago, Winchester has never forsaken his Tennessee roots. His folkish simplicity and Southern warmth go down like good country cider-easily, and with an occasional gentle kick...
Citing the "considerable danger to adjacent countries," a draft resolution sponsored by WHO director Dr. Halfdan Mahler stressed the need for immediate action to eradicate the last known region in which the disease is still a threat...
Last week, however, when 246 U.S. bishops gathered in Chicago's Palmer House to discuss the matter at their semi-annual meeting, the 5,000-word final draft of the statement expressed appreciation for the Detroit meeting and a willingness to at least think about its long list of recommendations. Moreover, a group of 20 Call to Action enthusiasts, led by Newark's Archbishop Peter Gerety, put through an amendment that sets up a special committee to monitor the handling of the Detroit proposals over the next five years...