Word: flowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...higher tax cut voted by Congress and his postponement of tariff hikes on imported oil were made easier by the advice he had been given. But critics feel that in the province of foreign policy, Henry Kissinger alone is in charge. After being reassured by witnessing the flow of diverse domestic advisers who met with the President, John Hersey was troubled to note that only Kissinger or his National Security Council deputy, Lieut. General Brent Scowcroft, gave most of the advice on foreign policy. It was, he wrote, the "most alarming thought I have had all week...
...them were down near the front of the stage and were paying attention. That means 3000 people have heard what we have to say and are interested in us who didn't know anything about us the day before." He said the Boston Commission has been receiving a steady flow of calls from people who were at Concord on April 19 who are eager to either learn more or to volunteer their time...
...came up with some impressive totals. The Government has already ordered rebates or price rollbacks of $160.6 million by major segments of the U.S. oil industry. Another $243 million could be refunded as a result of cases still open, and a further $76 million in refunds could flow from a separate investigation of price increases on propane (bottled gas). In addition, the Government has refused to allow the oil companies to pass on to their customers $412 million in accumulated costs. Some of the bigger names on the list of oil companies making refunds or being forced to swallow costs...
Chiang's supporters in the U.S. blamed his defeat on the Truman Administration, which had rejected the Gimo's appeals for a massive increase in U.S. aid after the war and cut off support entirely after the Nationalists' flight to Taiwan. The flow resumed six months later at the outbreak of the Korean War, reaching a total of $4 billion before it was finally ended in 1965; Washington regarded Chiang as an important ally in the U.S. efforts to contain Communism in Asia...
...French are enraged by the massive flow into France of cheap Italian wine. Imports of Italian wine peaked at 50.2 million gal. in the first two months of 1975, compared to 76.5 million for the crop year of 1973-74. "Unfair competition!" cried Maffre-Baugé. "Italian wine production is a mess like everything else in that country. They can change white into red, add chemicals and call it wine." Last month the French government ordered a four-week boycott of Italian wine. Italy protested to the Common Market in Brussels, charging France with violating the principle of free circulation...