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...estimated 34% of the nation's 475-billion-ton coal reserve, has routinely leased public land for coal extraction since 1920. In 1971, in order to evaluate its procedures, the Government declared a moratorium on federal coal leases. The hiatus, which did not end until 1981, effectively froze the market for coal leases, making future evaluations of tracts difficult. A 1976 reform requiring new leaseholders to mine their fields within ten years or forfeit their rights further complicated the mathematics of mine leasing...
...lowest level above which a strategically significant violation could not be concealed. The culmination was the SALT agreements of 1972. These accords severely limited antiballistic missile defenses to discourage an aggressor from believing he could launch a surprise attack and then defend against a counterblow. The agreements also froze the number of offensive missiles for five years. At that point the Soviets had a numerical edge in missiles-though not nearly enough for a surprise attack with single warheads. But this advantage was counterbalanced, first, by our very large-and growing-advantage in warheads, since only we possessed MIRVs (Multiple...
...kept repeating the words out loud. There is no room for violence in the streets. After Miami's riots, then-President Carter had earmarked $83 million in emergency funds to rebuild the already-depressed Black community. When Reagan took over, about half the funds had been administered; he froze the rest. There is no room for violence in the streets. From 1978 to 1981, about $450 million in job training funds came into southern Florida, 60 percent of which went to Black communities. Reagan cut the figure to $20 million, and he is expected to eliminate the program altogether next...
...sharp wage hikes that fueled inflation and led to a new run on the peso. López Portillo, who had earlier vowed "to fight like a dog to defend the peso," was thus obliged to decree a second devaluation on Aug. 6. To complicate matters further, the government froze all foreign-currency bank accounts in Mexico, then announced last week that they would be paid off only in pesos at a fixed rate of approximately 69.50 to the dollar-far below the market rate, which was hovering around 100 at week...
Then the visitor asked Samer what he would like to be when he grew up. Samer said that he would like "to marry." The soldiers roared. The boy, not realizing that he had said something funny, froze in bewilderment. In answer to another question, Samer said that he would like to live in a world without soldiers. He said so there, standing where the Swedish modern desk was, where the straw shifts back and forth now. After the boy left the room his father swore. "If I am killed, my son will carry...