Word: processes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...signing of these documents marks only the beginning of peace. But it is an indispensable start. Other steps remain to be taken without delay ... President Carter once said that the U.S. is committed without reservation to seeing the peace process through... We value such a pledge from a leader who raised the banner of morality and ethics as a substitute for power politics and opportunism...
...another war in the region. Explains American University President Joseph Sisco, who was the State Department's chief Middle East adviser under Henry Kissinger: "Without Egyptian participation, war is simply not a viable Arab option at this point. The treaty thus deepens the irreversibility of the peace process." Safran agrees, noting that the signing of the accord "broke the spell: the largest and most powerful Arab nation has recognized Israel as a legitimate country and part of the Middle East. No matter what happens in the future, this cannot be taken back. The psychological effect of this...
OPEC'S price rises do heavy damage. Third World countries that do not process oil will suffer grievously from slower growth, higher inflation and wider trade deficits. Similar penalties will be inflicted on Western Europe and Japan. The U.S., because it is the biggest customer for OPEC crude, will suffer the brunt of the latest increase. The effects will be felt just as signs of the long awaited economic slowdown are appearing...
...thin ones will leave the Providence post office. The thick letters offer admission to Brown, a highly selective Ivy League university. The thin letters say no or relegate applicants to the limbo of the waiting list. Those who go through thick and thin are participating in a process that mixes careful weighing, educated guesswork and plain horse trading. TIME's Evan Thomas sat in on the admissions committee. His report...
...Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud documents, not enough action has yet been taken: "The regulatory process that is supposed to govern the use of the herbicide can be described as almost stalled, having been impeded by disagreement among scientists, by the determination of the chemical manufacturing industry to continue production and sale of the herbicide, by bureaucratic backing and filling . . . and by the Government's own indecisiveness." Nor has there been much concern about the 1976 catastrophe that ruined the Italian town of Seveso, or about discovery of the poison in a chemical soup found in a landfill near...