Word: moving
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...participants arrived in Britain for the talks, nerves were on edge. There were fears that the discussions might end in more acrimony, as well as rumors of a terrorist plot against the visiting officials. British security forces decided at the last minute to move the conference from London's modern and more convenient Churchill Hotel to the remote splendor of Leeds Castle. Security was extremely tight. Dayan and Kamel landed in a special section of London's Heathrow Airport, which had been barricaded by tanks, armored cars and British troops. Vance's jet was diverted...
...nzer was partly to blame for this calamitous brush with democracy. He had wanted to put off civilian elections until 1980, but came under heavy U.S. pressure to move the date forward. The way things now stand, a 1980 election might have been the better idea after...
...Bonn summit, the leaders of the Seven achieved a positive move in that direction by agreeing to combat inflation while seeking to encourage moderate growth. But those good intentions must now be translated into action. Otherwise, the world seems destined to move unevenly from one quick-fix summit to the next without ever coming to grips with the underlying problems...
...business with countries as ideologically different as Fidel Castro's Cuba, Ian Smith's Rhodesia and Idi Amin's Uganda -often with mixed results and doubtful gains. Last week the U.S. once more waved its trade cudgel, this time against the Soviet Union. And again the move sparked debate over whether it is wise and whether it will work...
...Department and the Treasury. This group argues that any trade shutoff will not soften Russia's stand on human rights and will hurt U.S. economic interests. American sales, it notes, make up only a small percentage of Soviet imports. Though U.S. goods are sometimes superior, Carter's move would hardly cripple the huge Soviet economy, and Moscow can always turn to other countries that are eager to do business. Said one top U.S. official in Washington: "It's a Greek tragedy. We are challenging the Russian manhood. Do we really think that the Russians are going...