Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...self-deprecation, however, the traffic in and out of his office in the White House's West Wing testifies to the growing range of his involvements. When Alfred Kahn is being coaxed away from the Civil Aeronautics Board to head the Administration's anti-inflation effort, that office is Kahn's last stop before visiting Carter. Another day, a visitor finds Jordan closeted with Charles Kirbo, the President's Atlanta-based confidant and troubleshooter, and Jay Solomon, head of the troubled General Services Administration. Yet another day, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski shows up to remind...
Disregarding Jimmy Carter's pleas to both sides that they refrain from publicity blitzes and rhetorical upstaging, Sadat decided to force the timetable issue by going public. He authorized Cairo's semiofficial newspaper al Ahram to publish the text of the peace treaty, apparently in an effort to show Sadat's suspicious Arab colleagues that Egypt was attempting to bargain for the good of all the Arab states. The immediate effect was to prompt the U.S. State Department to release the official American version of the draft to the press (see box). Washington also released the text...
...spectacle, a lot of camouflage, a lot of substitution, and very little of the real thing." What Curry wants to see is "a skater who draws a pattern of music in the air." The spectator should, he believes, "stop seeing the steps, the effort behind it all, and start seeing that it's a physical representation of the music...
...film series marks the first joint educational effort of HR-BSA, DSOC, and SASC. The groups united earlier in the fall to coordinate the Kennedy School demonstration. "This is the beginning of our being more serious about working together." Aaron A. Estis '80, and HR-BSA board member, said yesterday...
...Gold said, is making an effort to send people who know the Chinese language. The exchange committee required a minimum of three years work in Chinese language, he said...