Word: flows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point of view of Boston, as he had been raised to do, but from a broad national perspective. In O'Neill's second term, McCormack got him a place on the powerful Rules Committee, a rare honor for a new man since the committee controlled the flow of legislation to the floor...
...President broad powers to cope with the fuel shortage. In the wake of Watergate, there are bills to tighten the income tax laws and to provide federal financing for political campaigns. A trade bill is pending to give the President the power to negotiate worldwide agreements easing the flow of goods. There is rising sentiment for national health insurance. And up ahead is another fight over the size and shape of the military budget...
...military reserves remained intact, the drain would be great. If the war steps up again, the South Vietnamese will open the throttle, the Singapore refineries will be urged to open the taps, and the U.S. may well have to open up still more on its military aid flow...
...leading seller of arms to Third World nations. The policy is already bringing handsome dividends to his government. Currently under negotiation is an agreement with Saudi Arabia that would assure France a steady supply of Saudi oil over a 20-year period. The deal could lead eventually to the flow of more than 800,000 bbl. of Saudi oil a day-a total of 5.6 billion bbl., worth about $50 billion at current price levels. The big question is how the French propose to pay for this massive supply...
...been Pakistan's principal arms supplier, and the Soviet Union is India's). In Africa, where France supplies 13 of its 15 former colonies, as well as several other states, the duration of the Nigerian civil war can probably be attributed as much to the steady flow of French weaponry to breakaway Biafra as to the fighting spirit of the Ibos. In Latin America, France has sold arms to nine nations (including 106 Mirage 5s to Argentina and 111 Mirage mcs to Brazil). Currently it is offering its Exocet antiship missile to both the left-wing military dictatorship...