Word: major
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...five prisoners who were released are major figures in their own right and an undeniable windfall for the West...
...company, Babcock & Wilcox. Some of the watchdog agency's critics have had no doubts about what the NRC should do: they want a shutdown of all nuclear plants in the U.S. Cooler heads, however, pointed out that most of the plants have relatively good safety records. Besides, any major loss of generating capacity at the onset of the summer months-when electrical consumption soars-could cause intermittent blackouts around the country...
...real effect on the election outcome if they hang on to most of their 14 seats. The result could be a hung Parliament in which Liberal support would be necessary to form a government. Steel has hinted that his Liberals would be willing to support either of the major parties under certain conditions...
Bazargan's impassioned plea for unity came at the end of the state funeral for Major General Vali Ullah Gharani, 65, who had been gunned down in the courtyard of his house by three unknown assailants. The first chief of staff of the army after the revolution, Gharani had been fired from his post in March after his harsh campaign against Kurdish rebels in Sanandaj; nonetheless, he was given full military honors. During the funeral procession, which drew a throng of 50,000 mourners, security guards seized a young man in an air force uniform who was running toward...
...surprising choice for that task. Strauss, whose father-in-law founded the Texas chapter of the American Jewish Committee, had hitherto been known primarily as a highly effective back-room pol. His arm-twisting skill in negotiating a new pact that lowered tariffs between the U.S. and its major trading partners and his rapport with the President seem to have weighed more heavily with Carter than Strauss's uncertain knowledge of Middle Eastern realities. Says an Administration official: "The object was to get a guy in there who could speak with the authority of the President, so that Carter...