Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meeting was roundly criticized last week-by many Arabs who felt that Begin had offered too little, and by right-wing Israelis who felt that their Premier had gone too farthe effort had produced some promising results. For the first time, Arabs and Israelis had embarked on high-level negotiations face to face. To be sure, they were unable to settle on a joint declaration of principles, but they did agree to set up Foreign Ministers' and Defense Ministers' committees, which will convene within the next two weeks...
...Federal Reserve policy, at least until he overcomes his newness. A Board chairman has only one of the twelve votes on the Fed's critical Open Market Committee: its decisions on the buying and selling of Government securities largely determine the rate of money-supply growth and the level of interest rates. The chairman eventually does rule, but by force of personality, which takes time to establish...
...alienated is the increasing popularity of public television, which still programs for adults with literate shows like I Claudius. "The public is smarter and wiser than the people who make programming decisions," says former FCC Chairman Newton Minow. "A lot of the network programs are not up to the level of the audience...
...retail stores that will move into the new building will face Brattle Street and will feature a below ground level entrance and glass canopy overhanging the sidewalk, said James B. Herals, project manager for Sert, Jackson & Associates, the architectural firm that designed the complex...
Pihl said the reputation of the summer school has improved and the number of applications was higher last year than in previous years. Harvard has been "veering away from higher level courses and concentrating on more general courses" in order to attract more students from other colleges and talented high school students, Pihl added...