Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saxbe could forbid dirty tricks by the FBI, why did not earlier Attorneys General order Hoover to halt COINTELPRO? In his statement, Kelley maintained that the Attorneys General from William P. Rogers in 1958 to Robert Kennedy in 1961 to John Mitchell in 1969 knew about COINTELPRO. In response, Nicholas Katzenbach, who held the office in 1965, said that he had never heard the term COINTELPRO. While he knew of some legal bureau activities involving the Klan, said Katzenbach, he was unaware of any disruptive campaign against groups such as CORE or the S.C.L.C. Ramsey Clark, Lyndon Johnson...
Caramanlis also has some serious economic matters to handle. He is expected to start stiff fiscal restrictions to halt Greece's spiraling inflation, now running at 30%, the highest rate in Europe. During his campaign, Caramanlis warned that such measures will mean "pain and sacrifices from all Greeks and mostly from the well-to-do classes." He added that one of Athens' principal aims will be to make Greece a full partner in the Common Market. In addition, he said, such a move would "save us from the need of seeking special patrons," namely...
...quickly denounced Stehlin for making public his appraisal of the fighters' merits and went out of his way to visit Colombey-les-deux-Eglises to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of le grand Charles. Clearly, Giscard is gambling that his traditional fiscal and credit program can halt inflation and at the same time preserve social peace, thereby allowing him more time to bring about the grand reforms-notably narrowing the income gaps between the rich and the poor-that he promised in his campaign. For the moment, Giscard has a seemingly solid majority in the Assembly...
After Maria Gambarelli had her arthritic right hip joint repaired in 1961, she was so incapacitated that her career as a ballet dancer and teacher came to a halt. But last year she underwent a hip-joint replacement to correct the problems that persisted after the first operation. Since then she has recovered so completely that she has taken up teaching ballet again. Last week, at a Manhattan news conference, she demonstrated her renewed ability to perform classical ballet movements. "I feel like a marvelous car," she said. "They have put in a new part, and I am like...
...drive sputtered to a halt there as the Crimson managed three more plays to no avail...