Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before their own people Brezhnev and his colleagues must maintain a stance that is in accord with the Communist propaganda that continually exhorts the Soviets to be on guard against Western imperialism. Still, they have shown that they, rather like their guest this week, are essentially pragmatists. How much leeway do the Soviet leaders have today in changing old and outmoded positions? And to what extent do they really want to? Those will be the questions in the President's mind as he faces Leonid Brezhnev this week across the table in St. Catherine's Hall...
...networks' function remains the same: they schedule time for the shows, sell advertising for them, then beam them out to local affiliates (who have the option of not carrying them, but do not exercise it frequently). The most ominously unclear aspect of the suits concerned the networks' leeway on program selection and scheduling. Was the Justice Department directly attacking the networks' "control of access" to air time, and therefore their ability to function as networks? The department spokesman insisted that the networks "can decide what goes on and when, as long as their own shows aren...
...like working for the Harvard Police rather than for a metropolitan police force because I have a great deal of leeway in how to handle various situations," Pippin said...
Those classified by the commission as "noninstitutional providers"-doctors, dentists, osteopaths, laboratories, blood banks and even birth control clinics-will be limited to fee increases of 2.5% a year. Hospitals may not raise their aggregate charges by more than 6%. They are being given more leeway because they are far more vulnerable to the pressure of operating costs than doctors are. Even hikes below the ceilings will have to be justified by increased costs in doing business...
...efforts to pump up euphoria by a group called Citizens for a New Prosperity. With White House cooperation, the group is passing out bumper stickers, decals and yardsticks whooping up the prosperous prospects of Phase II, even as unions pass out Buy American buttons. Actually, there is plenty of leeway under Phase II rules for sharp gains in profits. Controls apply not to total prof its but to profit margins percentage of sales. hat the gross national product rose more strongly in the third quarter than previously estimated; that is a sign there was a good gain in September...