Word: lid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resulted in higher taxes and decreased purchasing power during the past five years. And although he is economically better off than his black counterpart, the white American is still struggling to maintain an adequate income in the face of rising costs and the efforts of corporations to clamp a lid on wage increases. His economic advantage over the black man does not result from any form of mutual antagonism. It results from racist hiring practices and income differentials imposed from above...
...point out that Libya could probably have purchased its jets in Moscow without having to agree to one important condition stipulated by Paris: that the planes cannot be used in any offensive action against Israel. Furthermore, Pompidou is convinced that no amount of arms rationing will successfully keep the lid on the Mideast war. In an interview with TIME Paris Bureau Chief William Rademaekers before his departure for the U.S., Pompidou declared: "I do not think that the role of countries that can effectively intervene is to try and apply the brakes, to limit the number or the capacity...