Word: intendancy
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...Soviet-French relations on the eve of the mid-October visit to Moscow by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Moscow may also have been embarrassed by the attention the affair was attracting in the West, where it was being viewed as a test of whether the Soviets intend to live up to the "humanitarian" clauses of the Helsinki declaration signed by Soviet Communist Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev last month. One clause of the agreement requires the Soviet Union to "examine favorably and on the basis of humanitarian considerations requests for exit or entry permits" for Soviet citizens...
Because these three unions intend to demand pay raises consistent with the massive rise in the cost of living, it is likely that the negotiating process in each case will be extremely arduous. Harvard is adamant about not meeting exact increases in the cost of living, which is the very cause of the present impasse in the police negotiations...
...feel that we should not initiate resumption of trade or diplomatic relations until Premier Castro and his government show clear signs of changing their policies and attitudes toward our country. Specifically, what does Castro intend to do about millions of dollars worth of expropriated property of U.S. citizens? What about human rights and his refusal to allow any international body to inspect the political prisons? What about travel rights for Cuban Americans separated from their families in Cuba? These issues require satisfactory answers and are the basis of a resolution I am co-sponsoring with Senator Richard Stone of Florida...
...mounted police charged the rioters. Down the hill from South Boston High School, whites had menaced black students in angry confrontation. Would the scene be repeated? That was the fear of officials in Boston as they completed plans for this week's school opening. "This year we intend to be tough," said Boston Police Commissioner Robert di Grazia. "We don't want that one instance which will set off the rest of the city...
...cost increases already in the pipeline will go on pushing up prices for several months before "the benefits of the lower pay settlements are reflected in the shopping basket." Continued price increases almost inevitably will bring on a rise in unemployment, which Healey indicated the Labor government does not intend to combat by reflating the economy. With unemployment already heading toward 1.5 million and beyond, the unions' resolve to cooperate with the government's program may weaken well before the twelve-month agreement expires. Left-wing Union Boss Ken Gill has already protested that "this wage control...