Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Undeterred, Wallop, 45, a first-term Senator and a rancher, plunged on with another string of questions. Once more Eastland, 73, took a firm hold on his cigar and asked: "What did you have to do with that?" Again came the witness's reply: "Nothing...
This is the opposite of what Israel does and has done over the years. Although firm and vital-and described as "special" -Israel's relationship with the United States never prevented her from sacrificing American interests to serve her own ambitious and expansionist plans. This is a fact that the whole world has recently realized, and I hope America has adequately realized it too. I believe that the United States has a big responsibility, not only as a superpower that should promote the establishment of peace in this region but also toward herself and her interests in this important...
...July 1971 a Communist coup d'état took place in Sudan. My attitude was firm. I said we condemned it because we would not accept a Communist régime established on our doorstep-in a country sharing our borders. A few days later, however, the coup was foiled and President [Jaafar] Numeiry, having got rid of his enemies, was back in power...
...Carter Administration has wielded the dollar as if it were some sort of international shillelagh. That attitude has merely aroused suspicions in Bonn that Washington is once again trying to push its own inflation off on its friends. Says William Pfaff, associate director of the Hudson Institute Europe consulting firm in Paris: "There is a feeling in Europe that Washington is interested in Europe when it wants something from Europe, and that otherwise Washington has its own problems and doesn't care much." Geneva Banker Nicolas Krul adds: "What we see is a key country simply giving...
...beef; a dentist fills the teeth of an auto mechanic in return for a car lubrication. Another method is "black labor." Example: a company wishing to redecorate its offices pays cash for the work, but does not record the transaction; the decorator pockets the entire amount, while the firm writes off the expense as damaged or stolen goods...