Word: ordered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...workaday John and Jane should not have to endure the earthbound hassles of gas rationing in order to get themselves to their underpaid jobs. Nor should they have to give up the occasional weekend trip to the beach, etc., while airlines continue to burn their gas guzzlers to accommodate myriad flights for the benefit of tourists, all in the name of keeping the U.S. economy alive. There has to be a more equitable...
...noneconomic issues. The city balked. The new demands would have cost an additional $ 19 million, which it claimed it did not have. Morial accused the Teamsters of trying to wrest control of the police department from the city. The police walked out again, despite a back-to-work court order...
...began, while everyone wondered: Would the city capitulate in time for Mardi Gras Day? One by one the parade dates came around and the floats did not roll. The few that did were forced to move to Kenner or some other shopping-center suburb, since Morial could not guarantee order in the downtown area. As Mardi Gras Day drew nearer, public support for the police waned, down from 67% in a local television poll two weeks ago to 17% last week...
...invading Viet Nam, Peking clearly intended to regain some lost prestige and prove it is no paper tiger. The invasion also presumably had a tactical goal: drawing Vietnamese troops away from Cambodia in order to ease the pressure on Pol Pot's surviving forces. But the risks involved in the Viet Nam invasion were far greater than those involved in the border war with India. Besides a possible Soviet retaliation that could come at any time, China already has suffered a political setback in world eyes. The Japanese, who joined them in decrying "hegemony" when they signed a treaty with...
...River delta's major arteries south of Hanoi feature Communist-run "floating markets" that offer goods stolen from ships or directly off the docks at Haiphong. Conspicuous consumption among Communist officials has become so flagrant that Premier Pham Van Dong felt it necessary to issue a prevailing order: "At a time when the people in several areas are experiencing privations and hunger, it is absolutely necessary to refrain from organizing wasteful celebrations and feasts. All sectors and all levels should uphold an exemplary spirit by practicing economy in production and a way of life that avoids all waste...