Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...compensating pool of weaknesses. One of its strong points is that, in the event of hostilities, it would not have to protect any sea lines of communication because the U.S.S.R. is self-sufficient in a high proportion of strategic materials, and its people, as a senior Soviet general recently said to me, "can live off cabbages-and we grow good cabbages...
...policy quickly focused on Hungary and Poland, two countries that follow the Kremlin's general line in foreign policy but tolerate considerably more internal freedom than the Soviet Union. In Hungary the government has introduced some profit incentives and free-market forces in the economy, and visitors from neighboring Austria no longer need visas to enter the country. In recognition of these and other reforms, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance traveled to Budapest in January to return the Crown of St. Stephen, a 977-year-old treasure of the Hungarian monarchy that had been in American hands since...
...despite the mounds of paperwork, Gibson finds plenty to keep her busy. She hopes to be actively involved in writing the preliminary report of Epps's Committee on Race Relations this summer, and in general she feels her job provides her with a lot of leeway. Gibson believes most deans appreciate employee initiatives. "They don't try to hold you back or pigeonhole you. It's to Dean Epps's and my mutual benefit for me to take on more responsibility, and I can make my own job more interesting that way," she explains...
...Corporation. On that morning, Joe B. Wyatt, vice president for administration, informed eight real estate officials that their jobs would no longer exist under the new organization. Wyatt told them they could reapply for positions in the new firm, but talk to a few of these officials and the general consensus is that somebody is trying to get rid of them. Or, as one member of the department expressed it, "If you're a paranoid person, there might be a lot here to be paranoid about...
...Harvard corporation is also planning to assume control of the marketing division of real estate management. Under the current system, the Harvard Housing Office and commercial real estate brokers perform this function. The general consensus in the real estate department is that Harvard could to a better job on the buying and selling scene. "We've been saying for four years that we could be doing a better job," says Raymond T. Miller, manager of acquisitions and marketing. Miller adds that the Corporation will probably be able to straighten out some of the marketing problems, but he is not sure...