Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...understand the Palestine Liberation Organization's use of terror," said one youngster. Replied Rabi: "I believe that the P.L.O. is the representative of the Palestinian people. O.K., I am part of the Palestinian people . . . (but) I see myself as a citizen of Israel entitled to equal rights...
FOOTNOTE: *Presidential martini rhetoric has inflated at a pace roughly equal to that of the economy. According to former Senator Eugene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy spoke disparagingly of the "martini lunch" and 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate George McGovern inveighed against the "two-martini lunch." Jimmy Carter, a no-martini Baptist, raised the critical count to three...
...dinner for Craxi, Gorbachev called for a revival of "the spirit, the atmosphere and the essence of detente" and promised that "the (arms reduction) proposals made by us some time ago are still standing." He renewed an offer to shrink the number of Europe-based Soviet missiles to 162, equal to that of British and French nuclear missiles; he also revived a 1983 proposal to freeze Soviet intermediate-range-missile deployment in Asia if nuclear cuts could be achieved in Europe. The U.S. has previously rejected both proposals. Gorbachev also hinted that he would like to see direct relations, presumably...
...toiletries manufacturing plant in Springs, South Africa which employs 200 people (out of a company-wide work force of 76,100), including some Blacks. For the past seven years, Kenney says, Gillette has scored the highest rating for its adherence to the Sullivan Principles, a set of six equal opportunity provisions for companies doing business in South Africa. The company also supports local schools, and in the past year opened up a legal and clinic for its employees, kenney says...
...back on it now, shakes his head. "Being from California, at Harvard, is a trick," says the California kid. But that's not the whole story. He has, over four years, come to incorporate the stereotypes of the Harvard Mar and the California Kid, and wears both hats with equal ease...