Word: monitorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wiretapper? What passes through the mind of a blameless civil servant who is only doing his duty, who, we might say, is required to do his duty (albeit reluctantly) by the exigencies of earning a living if not of obedience to orders? What does he think when obliged to monitor a telephone conversation...
...Eagle bus monitor who was clad head to toe in maroon and gold hoisted me onto a Hyannis-bound charter. Could the bus company have misinterpreted its instructions? Perhaps its idea of The Game of the year between two Irish powers was a little touch football action at the Kennedy compound...
Kissinger's mission was to sell Congress* on the soundness of the Sinai accord he had worked out between Israel and Egypt. Since the agreement includes not only massive sweeteners in the form of U.S. aid but also the stationing of U.S. civilian technicians in the Sinai to monitor the truce electronically, Kissinger and President Ford are seeking a congressional resolution of support. Such a resolution, they hope, will not only silence domestic critics but also provide tangible support to Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who are both being hounded...
...American diplomatic triumph; but it involved an unprecedented American commitment to help maintain peace in the Middle East. The most widely debated proviso of the agreement is an article stipulating that the U.S. will send up to 200 civilian electronics experts to maintain surveillance stations in Sinai that will monitor troop and aircraft movements and report truce violations. Israel refused to ratify the pact without U.S. surveillance. Although not explicitly part of the deal, $2.3 billion in military aid for Israel in fiscal '76, as well as $700 million for Egypt, will now be presented for congressional approval...
Once again, Rocky was facetiously accused of plagiarism. Said Edwards: "The things he's saying sound like they might come from my speeches or Senator Thurmond's." But Edwards, like other Southern skeptics, promised to continue to monitor Rocky's speeches to make sure his conversion is genuine. Even South Carolina Representative Floyd Spence, who voted against Rocky's confirmation as Vice President, mellowed a bit. "I'm not sure the philosophy attributed to Rockefeller was always accurate...