Word: pacts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...buttress his regime. A steady stream of contacts-mainly with Third World countries-and visits from non-Soviet bloc leaders (the most recent being Chairman Hua of China) underline a foreign policy independent of Moscow but now where Romania keeps her presence if not her troops within the Warsaw Pact...
...agreement that is finally worked out will face strong opposition in the U.S. Senate. Though some 40 Senators are believed generally in favor of a new strategic arms pact along the lines that currently seem possible, at least 20 are believed resolutely against it. This raises the ominous possibility of rejection of a treaty by Congress. California's Senator Alan Cranston has gone so far as to say that failure by Congress to ratify a good agreement by the necessary two-thirds majority would be "catastrophic." SALT's foes, led by Senator Henry Jackson, contend, on the other...
Unfortunately, the negotiations, which are being held in Geneva, have dragged on and on. Despite a Dec. 15 deadline for a final pact, many of the thorniest issues still defy solution; they include not only the subsidy question but also such matters as the ground rules for trade between developed and less developed countries. The 500 delegates from 98 nations have been meeting daily at GATT headquarters near the old Palais des Nations, but they are unlikely to reach agreement before time runs...
...increased alumnae giving should help Radcliffe meet its obligations under the 1977 Joint Policy Agreement with Harvard. That pact calls for Radcliffe to increase its annual contribution to undergraduate financial aid to $1.4 million...
...authorization vote by Harvard's kitchen workers last night, the University's chief labor negotiator said yesterday he does not believe the workers will strike. He also said he may retract some of the concessions made in Harvard's current contract offer if the union wants to renegotiate the pact...