Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets complied in exchange for things they wanted: the Basket I and II declarations on military, economic and technological cooperation. The Russians evidently thought no one would hold them to their pledges. In Belgrade, the U.S. delegation, headed by Albert Sherer, a former ambassador to Czechoslovakia, is determined to prevent the Soviets from sliding by an examination of their record on human rights and every other provision of Helsinki. The U.S. joined the British in proposing "a thorough review" and a "thorough exchange of views" on compliance with Helsinki. The proposal stipulated that although the signatory nations would...
...referendum last December, in which an overwhelming 90% of those voting endorsed the reform program that led to the election, many Spaniards doubted that it would take place. Recalled Writer Ernesto Carratala, 23: "Three or four months ago, many people thought June 15 would never happen, something would prevent it. They first had to see the election campaign to understand that the left was serious. And only that generated an opening up in the public...
...that IBM has not stalled the trial except for "a day off occasionally for firm picnics." But a number of complications have been caused by IBM tactics. The company chewed up time authenticating documents from its own files, and it unsuccessfully argued "privilege" to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent U.S. use of documents obtained by another antitrust litigator. On the other hand, the Government once so mishandled IBM documents that a three-month trial postponement was necessary to unscramble them...
...Civil Aeronautics Board has approved Laker's Skytrain for a one-year experimental period only and can cancel the flights on 15-days' notice should the British government prevent U.S. carriers from starting competing bargain services. Whether that happens probably depends on what progress U.S. and British negotiators make in concluding a new agreement to regulate the number of flights and seats offered on the North Atlantic route. The Bermuda Agreement between the two countries expires midnight Tuesday. The British demand that in a new pact their lines receive half the revenues produced by flights between...
LAETRILE, an extract from crushed apricot pits that releases minute amounts of cyanide in the body. The drug's propagandists claim that it helps prevent cancer, reduces tumors and relieves pain. Despite the FDA ban, anyone who wants to eat crushed apricot kernels-sometimes sold as "vitamin B17"-can legally buy them in some health-food stores...