Word: prompts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...superficially would seem well able to withstand a sellers' boycott. The nation now imports about a third of the 17 million bbl. of oil it burns each day, but no more than 11% comes from the Arab countries. Cutbacks could prompt other major suppliers to reduce sales to the U.S. in order to conserve supplies in a tight global market. Even so, an eventual 25% slice in Arab output would cut U.S. supply about...
...Jewish groups were soliciting direct aid to Israel, others tried to bring pressure on the U.S. Government. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a registered Jewish lobby, poured out a stream of appeals by mail, telegram and telephone. Jews were urged to contact their Senators and Congressmen to support prompt military and diplomatic aid to Israel. Committee Chairman Isaiah ("Si") Kenen, known as Israel's man on the Hill, called a meeting of some 30 Jewish leaders, after which they urged Congress to pass a resolution accusing the Arabs of starting the war and demanding more military weapons...
...will Agnew's resignation prompt the Justice Department to enforce these laws more vigorously? Probably not. The spirit of enforcement, if it indeed exists at Justice, got put there after the embarrassment of the initial Watergate investigation, which uncovered conspiracy limited to seven men. If anything, knocking over a king-pin like Agnew may tend to inject a little complacency into the department...
...have sole responsibility ... for criminal matters of grave importance. In such matters the decisional process is shared, and the final responsibility is the Attorney General's." Despite that defense of his deputy, TIME has learned that Richardson initially did have doubts about Petersen's Watergate performance. But prompt high public praise of Petersen by White House officials, including the President, had made it politically im practical for Richardson to remove...
...hate to lose, I'm not used to it," Munro lamented. Unless his team can make a prompt about-face, there are probably a lot of people who are going to have to get used to losing...