Word: grouping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vowing: "We will win." Pausing only to change into a fresh blue suit and to hide the shadows of fatigue under his eyes with a dusting of powder, Carter strode down the aisle of the House with an air of self-confidence. For 35 minutes, he addressed a group of Congressmen, Senators and other dignitaries, speaking somberly and forcefully and glancing frequently in the direction of Scoop Jackson, the most outspoken of the SALT opponents. The President appealed to the Senate to back the agreement as "a matter of common sense." Without the pact, he said, the U.S. would...
Watson was endorsed by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. The two have been friends for years, and Vance was once a board member of IBM. Watson chaired the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a group composed of 15 prominent citizens. Under Watson, the committee met at least once a month and reported to both Vance and Carter...
That gloomy forecast reflected Somoza's growing diplomatic isolation as well as his deteriorating military position. The first setback came when the Andean Group (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela) abandoned its efforts to negotiate a truce in the latest flare-up of the 19-month-old civil war. Instead, the five countries declared that a "state of belligerency" existed in Nicaragua and that they considered the Sandinistas to be "a legitimate army." The declaration was designed to allow the group to supply arms to the rebels without violating international laws against intervention in the internal affairs of another...
...Sandinistas increased in numbers, they also picked up new recruits from Nicaragua's upper and middle classes. Within the FSLN, three main factions have emerged from the infighting. Of these, two make no apology for being unabashedly Marxist. But the third and largest group, known as the Terceristas (Insurrectionists), is composed of socialists, Roman Catholic liberals (including many priests), trade unionists and even a few businessmen...
...fourth year the school has recruited secondary school students, a move taken to offset a decline in enrollment dating back to the early '70s. Michael Shinagel, director of the Summer School, said he expects over 550 secondary school students to attend the school this summer. By far the largest groups of students come from New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, but the group includes eight students from Iran, as well as students from Japan, Nicaragua, Greece, Italy, Korea, China, Taiwan, France, Venezuela, Canada and other countries...