Word: provisionally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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However, the presidential system envisaged by De Gaulle dispenses with the checks and balances of the U.S. presidency, which many Gaullists profess to admire. "The President," said he, "must be a chief, not an umpire." All foreign policy, defense and budgetary decisions would in effect still be "reserved" for the...
Not that they refuse to share the wealth. Profit sharing, supervised by the states, has been part of the Mexican constitution ever since 1917. Moreover, the annual aguinaldos-a bonus of two months' pay at Christmastime-is almost a national tradition. What bothers businessmen about the new provision is...
Dirksen, who was in the thick of nearly every fight on the bill, almost killed the entire package with his insistence on an amendment to permit self-employed persons to deduct up to $1,750 of gross income a year for payments to their own retirement pension plans-a proposal...
Under Dirksen, Senate Republicans have worked and voted in a unity unseen in recent years. On issues of national security, Dirksen and his Republicans have gone down the line with President Kennedy. Thus, when Democratic liberals recently filibustered against the Administration's satellite communication bill - on the ground that...
Satellite Units. Leisure World is frankly aimed at the infirm: all electrical outlets are placed two feet above the floor to minimize stooping; all stairs are replaced by ramps. Designed to provide a busy life for the more active (but making provision for the hovering possibility of illness) is Olympia...