Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate last week unanimously adopted a resolution condemning "the recent beatings, imprisonment, and harassment of Soviet Jews and other minorities trying to obtain emigration visas." Tass responded that the gesture was "pure balderdash" and claimed that "98.4%" of those who have sought to leave Russia in the past five years have been allowed to go. Substantiating the Senate's concern, however, two Jewish "refuseniks" (would-be emigrants not allowed to leave the country) who attempted to contact U.S. embassy officials in Moscow were manhandled and hustled away by security agents...
...problem. Carter's approach "doesn't mean that we don't deal with nations unless they meet some arbitrarily defined American standards of human rights. But in every case in which there is a significant violation, we ought to use some of our leverage to obtain amelioration...
...attempt to build the same kind of personal relationship that existed with Kissinger ("My friend Henry"). The Egyptian leader is sure to emphasize that because moderates are now in the saddle in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Israel should take advantage of a unique chance to obtain a fair, negotiated peace settlement. Sadat will also want to press Vance for increased U.S. aid for Egypt's faltering economy...
...diplomatic role, Ferguson said he was able to obtain international procedures to deal with human rights violations and actually drafted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's declaration on race relations
...King and many others wanted to believe that if we could tear down the discriminatory signs, obtain some favorable rulings by the courts and push the Congress to pass remedial legislation, the nation would react in accord with those precepts and principles of its boasted religious ethic. It was hoped and by some believed, that the vast majority in this country would opt to develop a nation undergirded by tolerance, forgiveness, non-violence and love...