Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...peace that one high-level Israeli official said he expected these special committees to convene within a day or two. The progress seemed so positive that Sadat invited Begin to stay overnight for further discussions. "Praise be to Allah," said Sadat, "that we have started giving a push forward even before the end of the talks...
...Vegas, the first week in February. At age 59, the grand old man of Evangelicalism is as popular and active as ever. Last week he brought the Gospel to 75,000 people at Nehru Stadium in Madras, India. About 1,500 accepted his invitation to "come forward saying 'Yes' to Jesus Christ." Graham's Minneapolis office now receives $28.7 million a year from the 8 million apostles on its mailing list...
Washington will not be playing, either. Though the big forward said he'd reacted instinctively when he threw the punch, N.B.A. Commissioner Larry O'Brien was unconvinced. O'Brien ordered Washington to sit out a minimum of 60 days without pay (which will cost him some $50,000 in salary) and fined him $10,000. It was the largest financial penalty in sports history...
Brash and boisterous as ever, the barons of Big Labor convened in Los Angeles last week and confidently put forward their Christmas list. While 3,000 AFL-CIO leaders cheered, President George Meany, 83, declared that the Government should spend billions to create millions of jobs; should refuse to cut taxes on business; and should limit imports. "Free trade," he declared, is "a joke and a myth." But the familiar bravado had a hollow ring, for organized labor is in trouble. Its leadership is out of step with a nation that is increasingly worried about inflation and annoyed over Government...
John Chancellor is good at speaking the friction-free language he calls anchormanese. But he's looking forward to switching roles after seven highly visible, highly paid years in a job that mostly requires him to set a scene briefly before switching to a correspondent-a snippety, jigsaw process he considers "challenging but not rewarding." He wants to be a commentator. Last summer, with the approach of Eric Sevareid's retirement, CBS News President Dick Salant talked to Chancellor about the job. Chancellor was intrigued but decided to stay with NBC, and in his new ten-year contract...