Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meeting of five Western powers in Paris early this week, the French government will offer its plan for a pan-African force. Following that, there will be a previously scheduled meeting in Brussels at which the Western nations will try to find ways to revive Zaïre's bankrupt economy. The French have explained to their allies that they are anxious to withdraw the legionnaires because they think the problem should be solved by African and Western countries working together. In fact, they are also a little nervous about being caught in Zaïre in the event of another rebel...
...intention to resettle over the next 20 years in uninhabited areas 10 million people from overcrowded cities. An equally draconian resettlement program in Cambodia in 1975 coupled with political reprisals has already cost at least half a million lives. Why has Peking so far refused to accept Hanoi's offer to negotiate the fate of the Chinese in Viet Nam? Some Western observers speculate that Peking may have seized on the Chinese exodus as a pretext to put pressure on an erstwhile ally that is leaning more and more toward Moscow. Soviet technical aid and loans have reinforced the Kremlin...
...that's bad. And if you refuse three in a row, you may really be sticking yourself in the job you're in." Adds Ross Anderson, chairman of I. Magnin department stores: "We would never fire someone for turning down a move, but we don't make another offer unless he tells us that he has changed his mind." In response to the move resisters, Bank of America is concentrating on promoting people in their present locations rather than switching executives around so much. BOA's Easley, for example, was promoted May 1, with higher rank and salary...
...using Canaday to house some freshmen who two years ago would have lived in the Quad, and most of this year's freshmen say they are satisfied with the Fox Plan, though they readily admit they have nothing with which to compare it. Fox is also reluctant to offer hasty judgment, and says, "The plan is a long-term thing, not something you can discuss after only one year...
...Hunneman, the University notified the company of its intentions to renegotiate the contract. Bland says his company's relationship with Harvard is permanently in flux, so the letter was inevitable. He hasn't seen any gross problems with the present management system but agrees that a corporation does offer ideal framework for real estate business. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Class of '71, Bland says he really has mixed views because he has both Harvard's interests and his own firm's business at heart. Hunneman will most likely be losing a little business, but Bland's position...