Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LONDON--The United States Army is paying $12,000 to a British social scientist to conduct a survey on whether American soldiers would like to join labor unions...
...experimentation with drugs, unless it is done with the subject's consent under Health, Education and Welfare Department guidelines. U.S. spies will not be permitted to join any other federal agency without their identity being disclosed?a directive that has drawn fire from CIA officials, who rightfully claim there are very few places left where their agents can get secure cover...
...boss, Yuri Andropov, took command in 1967, and in 1973 became the first KGB head since Stalin's dreaded Lavrenti Beria to join the ruling Politburo. Andropov, 63, is said to admire modern art and to be a witty conversationalist who speaks fluent English-a portrait that contrasts with his harsh actions as Moscow's Ambassador to Hungary during the 1956 uprising. Under Andropov, says one Western analyst, "the thugs are being weeded...
Understandably, Soviet officials informed both Washington and Ottawa that they would be more than willing to join the search. U.S. officials properly let the Canadians deal with the offer-and Trudeau obviously was in no hurry to accept Russian help. Plainly, the U.S. and Canadians wanted some time to study any recovered fragments. Western scientists could learn a lot about Soviet space engineering, its radar capability, and just how close the Russian spy satellites had come to being able to distinguish the movement of U.S. submarines in the oceans' depths...
From Washington and Jerusalem, there were also reports that as a result of Atherton's labors, Israel and Egypt were close to agreement on the declaration of principles-the vital, first-stage objective that Sadat hopes will encourage Jordan's King Hussein to join him in further negotiations with the Israelis. From Hussein's words of support for Sadat last week, and from the harsh criticism of Hussein by the Syrians, who oppose the Sadat initiative, it appeared that the Jordanian monarch might be on the verge of doing just that. With the peace initiative again gaining...