Word: extends
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...military activity -including the U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam and the mining of its harbors -would be put into effect initially. Then negotiations would begin on the final withdrawal of all U.S. forces and the return of the American prisoners of war. Possibly the talks would eventually extend to the related wars in Cambodia and Laos...
...Evening with--Richard Nixon are important polemical satires; their aim is more to be part of an anti-Nixon arsenal than highly crafted film or literary works. Roth concentrates less on the literal reality of Nixon, instead capturing an essential human and political horror whose relevance will extend beyond the life of the Nixon administration...
...bodied on welfare were the Administration's glittering liberal jewels: 1) a guaranteed annual income eventually set as $2,400 for a family of four, 2) income supplements for the working poor, and 3) an extension of coverage to all male-headed families, since many states do not extend welfare to such families and thus encourage family breakups. The idea was to replace the fantastically complex welfare payments that varied enormously from state to state with a federally controlled minimum income, both for the working poor and those with no income. In order to qualify, those capable of working...
...leaders even agreed to rename Lake Albert and Lake Edward, which lie on the border of Zaïre and Uganda and will henceforth be known, respectively, as Mobutu Sese Seko Lake and Idi Amin Dada Lake. More important, Mobutu seemingly won Amin's agreement to extend the Nov. 8 deadline for the departure of the estimated 50,000 Asians holding British citizenship and to attend a peace conference to reduce tensions that have arisen with neighboring Rwanda...
...Corporation moved Tuesday to extend formal grievance procedures to cover all cases of alleged discrimination brought up by non-teaching employees...