Word: offs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington has pledged to give "full and thorough consideration" to that request, even though Managua has lately become a mecca for Marxist mischief makers from around the world. The Sandinistas claim that they need the arms to ward off a possible counterattack by 7,000 national guardsmen that Somoza'...
But Washington has other pressures to consider. The Administration knows full well that Saudi Arabia's decision in July to ease the Western oil squeeze by increasing its production by a million barrels a day for a period of three months was not just gratuitous generosity. It was also...
In Hong Kong, for instance, where the population resents the aid given Vietnamese, the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found itself so short of funds last week that it decided to cut off the $1.20 daily food allowance provided for 17,000 Vietnamese refugees...
There are strong arguments against giving Chrysler the cash. Opponents cite the British experience of never-ending subsidies to sick companies and its disastrous effect on the taxpayers. G.M. Chairman Thomas A. Murphy argues that federal aid insulates companies from the effects of competition in the marketplace, perpetuates inefficiency and...
Some companies, including Spain's state-owned Hispanoil, have refused to meet the extortionate price, but others may cave in soon if supplies grow much tighter. Late last month tiny Qatar had no difficulty auctioning off 3.2 million bbl. of crude for an excessive $34.30 per bbl. to Japanese...