Word: quarrelled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sharply criticized for his decision to invite Nixon, although he explained he did so on the ground that the disgraced ex-President had pioneered U.S. rapprochement with China. But by issuing the invitation, Carter managed to discourage Teng from his desire to visit Nixon at San Clemente. A quarrel also developed in the White House over whether to invite Ted Kennedy. Though the Senator had long been an advocate of normalization of relations with China, some of Carter's advisers were loath to let their chief share the glory with a potential rival for the presidency. They were decisively overridden...
Until he sided with the military, most of Khomeini's supporters had no personal quarrel with Bakhtiar. He has a long and honorable record of opposition to the Shah and a reputation for honesty rare among Iranian politicians. But he was named by the Shah, and Bakhtiar's insistence on upholding the constitution is widely thought to mean that he supports the Pahlavi dynasty. Privately, Bakhtiar has acknowledged that Iran would be better off as a republic with a new constitution; he has indicated his willingness to go along with a referendum in which the country would vote...
...leave it to industry to devise the least costly methods of cleaning up; this would be more sensible than specifying in great detail what equipment should be installed and how plants should be modified, as regulators often do now. Tax policies could be revised to spur investment. Economists quarrel about whether further cuts in taxes on capital gains and corporate profits, more generous investment tax credits or faster depreciation write-offs would be most effective. Probably some combination of all these approaches will be needed...
...Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. After the body was discovered, the CIA insisted that there was no mystery. Paisley was not a spy, said a CIA press spokesman. He was an intelligence analyst. Moreover, he had retired from the agency in 1974. The CIA had no quarrel with Maryland state police theories that Paisley had committed suicide. Six months before his death, he had left his wife of 19 years-the mother of his two children-and developed a close relationship with another woman. He had been depressed over his personal life and had been seeing...
...Lawyer Charles Burt admitted that sexual intercourse took place, but he denied that John had used force. Greta kneed her husband in the groin, Burt told the jurors, and John then slapped her in the face. The defense portrayed the young couple's rocky four-year relationship as "quarrel, make up, have...