Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lobbyists in Washington have eagerly charged into the openings created by a weakened presidency and a more independent and less rigidly organized Congress. One of the most striking aspects of this new lobbying is the willingness of Big Business to join in. While corporations still somewhat squeamishly call their lobbyists "Government affairs specialists" or "Washington representatives," the fact that the heads of multi-billion-dollar firms are now willing to plead their causes personally shows their awareness that Government is not going to retreat from its intrusion into their corporate lives. "Fifteen years ago, the businessman was told that politics...
...announce our preference for a territorial compromise that will comprise two major elements?the principle of withdrawal from sections of the West Bank on the one hand and secure boundaries for Israel on the other. I believe the principle of withdrawal would help other Arabs to come in and join the peace process, and the principle of defensible borders for Israel will cover the main concern of Israel. I already told President Sadat that we have no desire for foreign [peace-keeping] forces...
...proposed construction of a new, 200-seat B10 European Airbus, a mainly Franco-German project that is aimed ambitiously at loosening the U.S. hold on the world's commercial aircraft market. To enhance the Airbus' chances, the French and Germans have tried to persuade the British to join in its development, with a standing offer to build the wings and other key parts...
Older employees at Fairchild are encouraged to persuade friends, neighbors, relatives and presumably passers-by on the street to quit their jobs and join the company that boasts "We Started It All"?in microelectronics and employee benefits. The bounty for a successful raid is $200 to $500, plus entry in the company sweepstakes. Prizes range from T shirts and dart boards to color TVs and trips to Tahiti and Mexico. Workers are given colorful promotion cards that announce the names of sweepstakes winners and, on the flip side, list some of the benefits of working for the company. Says...
...music Jimmy Carter has catholic tastes. Among his favorites: Mozart, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson, 45, carousing king of outlaw country. At the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., the shirt-sleeved President and his pantsuited wife Rosalynn helicoptered in from Camp David to join the ranks of 12,000 fans and hear Willie match vocal cords with Emmylou Harris, 31. When Willie finished Georgia on My Mind, Carter emerged from the sidelines, and the two good ole boys who made good wrapped each other...