Word: primed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the hours were running short. Said his Foreign Minister, Moshe Dayan: "We don't have much time to play with. The first phase [of the Cairo talks] will be over by Christmas. Then we must make the next move, either to meetings at the Foreign Minister or Prime Minister level or to Geneva in February to sign a peace treaty...
...last week on the night before the second nationwide referendum that Filipinos have been called to vote on in 14 months. Once again the question was whether Marcos, 60, guiding his country into parliamentary democracy by the questionable route of martial law, should head it as both President and Prime Minister after a new transitional legislature, known as the Batasang Pambansa, is instituted next year...
France has claimed the island for 200 years (it is named for a chevalier who first set foot on Tromelin in 1776) and has maintained the weather service since 1953. Yet vigorous dissent to the French claim has been registered by Mauritius. 300 miles to the southeast. Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 77, insists that Tromelin "is part and parcel of our territory, and always has been.'' In fact, Mauritius' claim -dates back only to 1959. nine years before the nation won independence from Britain. Last year, after learning that France intended to cultivate the Tromelin turtles...
...fear. Since the Federal Reserve has been unable to contain the growth of money supply by the usual method of moving funds in and out of the banking system, it is trying to hold down the money stock by pushing up borrowing costs. Since the start of 1977, the prime rate on bank loans to business has risen from 6¼% to 7¾% in November. Okun's fear is that the board will lift interest rates high enough to discourage borrowing and cause a recession in 1979. Says he: "The Federal Reserve is on a collision course with...
...vowed to fight such an idea. "Gambling would change our image overnight," says Beach Tourist Chief Cohen. "It would combat the feeling that there's nothing to do here." Agrees Joel Gray, executive vice president of the Doral Hotel: "Gambling can return Miami Beach to a point of prime destination." In other words, Gray thinks casinos will lure many more travelers. But these optimists have forgotten the need for fresh capital. Says Morton Ehrlich, senior vice president for planning of Eastern Air Lines: "You don't put a casino in the basement of a hotel that...