Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many voices were in favor of cooling it. Minnesota Congressman Donald Fraser, who chairs the congressional ad hoc human rights group, believes that in the long run the rights issue will have to be dealt with on a "quieter level." He urges a distinction between "trying to influence other countries, [which will mean] some fruitless endeavor and may get us in all sorts of trouble," and being "just prepared to say where we stand." Carter referred to the difficult balancing act between these two positions during a courtesy call at the Department of State. Said...
...operations for their job hunting. When the month was up, almost all the occupants of the various "Dearth Rows," as they were promptly dubbed, had to clear out. How come the Democrats were so generous in the first place? No mystery. They might be needing the same kind of favor four or eight years hence...
...Uganda was a net exporter of sugar. Now it must import, because the Asians who ran the sugar mills were expelled in 1972 and Ugandans do not seem able to keep the factories going. Amin has ignored the crying need for agricultural technicians to make his economy work, in favor of military technicians from the Communist bloc, to make his armed forces work. It is estimated that nearly half the available foreign exchange goes for military supplies or for tax-free luxuries from Europe to pacify the military. Uganda Airlines (consisting mainly of one Boeing 707 and one Hercules C130...
...innovation in the annual event, Gordon said, was the elimination of prepared resolutions in favor of more flexibile debate and parliamentary maneuverings...
...foreign dealings under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50. There are also indications that Carter's support for human rights has begun to have an effect: several U.S. aid recipients have announced in the past months that they plan to loosen the reins of internal repression to curry favor with the new Administration...