Word: musts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problems have clearly piled up. But before a common will to tackle them can emerge, thus forming a consensus that would allow a leader to lead, the challenge must be perceived as a national crisis. World War II and the cold war were times of perceived
...Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. As the Administration's point man on urban distress, one of the toughest jobs in town, Embry created the Urban Development Action Grant program that is helping to save 327 distressed urban areas by encouraging private investment. To qualify for UDAG, a mayor must prove that his proposal has local business support and will create jobs. In the past two years, HUD has paid out $700 million in seed money that in turn has generated an investment of $4.1 billion in private funds. An unflappable official, the Baltimore born and bred Embry plans...
...with unusual severity. The State Department pointedly noted that victims of the weekend attacks had included women and children. "Roads were filled with motorists returning from excursions to the beach and mountains," Spokesman Hodding Carter III declared, "and I would just say in the strongest terms that such raids must be stopped...
Other foreign journalists were subsequently called in to the Ministry of National Guidance and told that they must inform the ministry before leaving the capital and must check in with local officials when traveling. It was the first time the government had acted to restrict foreign reporters. At the same time, new legislation is being drawn up to tighten controls on the Iranian press. Among other things, the law would forbid "close associates of the Pahlavi regime" from owning or editing newspapers in Iran. It would also make it a crime to "insult" religious leaders or top government officials...
...quotes Kissinger* as arguing for a "stiff stand against" opposition figures and adding that "my view is that all the political prisoners released earlier should be arrested and put back in jail." We didn't release it, but I can assure you the document is genuine. Some Americans must be squirming at the thought of what's in the other documents...