Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing's nine-day whirlwind tour of the U.S. The Tass observation was certainly valid. The Chinese leader's candor and expansive personality had charmed the American public, and most of the visit's achievements were on that psychological level. But few concrete answers emerged to some of the tough questions raised by Jimmy Carter's policy of normalizing relations with Peking...
...anomalous position of their country's Arab citizens. One of them is Moshe Sharon, who resigned this month as Premier Menachem Begin's adviser on Arab affairs with the warning that Israel "will be making a fateful mistake if it does not act energetically to reduce the level of hostility." Begin's government, fearful that the Islamic revival in Iran might stir up Israel's Arabs, appears to have taken a different approach to the problem. Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan issued an unmistakable warning: "We are not the Shah of Iran nor are we foreign rulers...
...ammunition stored in Thailand since the Viet Nam War. Carter Administration officials quietly promised Kriangsak that they would speed up delivery of F-5E fighter-bombers and other modern arms already ordered by Thailand. They have indicated that the Administration will ask Congress early this spring to raise the level of arms sales to Thailand to $50 million a year from the currently planned $30 million...
...Ayatullah Khomeini wants to establish - plans to write off an undisclosed portion of Iran's foreign debt if cho sen for the post, were hardly reassuring. Said a Citibank vice president bravely: "Whatever comes out of this will be a sensible decision. Someone will be there with a level head to deal with the debt situation." If so, he had better turn up soon...
...total loss of memory, even distorted sense of smell (unexplained), among cultists. He made it clear that he saw the cultists as mindless zombies who pose a clear threat to democratic societies. "There are armies of willing, perfectly controlled soldiers," he told the assorted Senators and Representatives. "The level of public nuisance is so high that Government must act before it is too late...