Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, the missing of last Sunday's target date was highly symbolic. Said Carter at a press conference earlier this month: "If the Egyptians and Israelis violate the three-month limit on negotiating this treaty, it will be a very serious matter ... It would cast doubt on whether the Egyptians and Israelis would carry out the difficult terms of the upcoming peace treaty...
...statements last week, the Administration indicated quite clearly that it blames Israel more than Egypt for blocking a peace settlement. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell declared that the matter of peace "is now in the hands of the Israeli government." While Carter praised Sadat for being "very generous" in making concessions requested by the U.S., the President suggested that Israel was refusing to accept a timetable that actually had been proposed by Dayan and Weizman...
...sniffle. The whole concept of linking federal pensions to the rise in inflation should also be reexamined. Another worthy idea for curtailing entitlements is to reduce sharply the impact aid program, a Government pork barrel that provides nearly $1 billion annually in tax dollars to school districts, no matter how wealthy they are. If Washington is not willing to re-evaluate these open-ended commitments, the day must come when the entire budget will consist of so-called uncontrollable spending obligations. When that happens, the task of cutting the bloat will be tougher than ever...
...matter how it is gauged, all this is splendid news for Mexicans, millions of who live in poverty. Pemex hopes to lift production from its present 1.5 million bbl. a day to 2.5 million by 1980. At the same time, it expects to triple its oil exports to 1 million bbl. a day, mainly to the U.S. (whose total imports now are 9.1 million bbl.). As a result, oil earnings are expected to hit $8 billion annually...
...literal, and therefore incapable of establishing an air of mystery as people start becoming strangely abstract and distant. Director Philip Kaufman unwisely gets too close to the pods, trying to show just how the transformation works. He would have been wise to let our imaginations run riot on this matter rather than permitting his special effects people to do so, since all they come up with is some grimly gunky stuff, not nearly as suggestive as the sudsy goo that the 1956 pod people emerged from. He would also have been wise to quick-march past...