Word: questionned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jamming on the brakes, having done too little for a long time." But late as the switch is, Eckstein believes, "it's going to work. The chances are the inflation rate, currently 13.1%, will drop below 9% by February." But Eckstein sees a darker side: "There is no question that the economy is now going to turn down quite sharply. We are forecasting that unemployment, now 5.8%, will hit 8% by the second half of next year." Still, Eckstein thinks that the recession will be a bit less bitter than in 1973-75. "The use of credit by business...
Trying to reassure Europeans who worry whether the U.S. would come to their assistance in case of a Soviet attack, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski told a meeting of the Atlantic Treaty Association in Washington: "Let there be no question about our commitment and our determination to help defend Europe by all means necessary-nuclear and conventional. There are no conceivable circumstances in which we would not react to a security threat directed at our allies in Europe...
...vote of 10 to 5, the Foreign Relations Committee rejected a motion proposed by Glenn to delay action on the treaty. Late this month the committee is expected to endorse the pact; there are eight sure "ayes" and possibly as many as twelve. The only question is how many amendments will be added by the committee and how damaging they will be. Full Senate debate is expected to begin some time in November. Majority Leader Robert Byrd feels that the treaty will gain support if the debate is televised and the public becomes acquainted with the basic issues...
...road, seeking money and support for 1980. His loyal labors in St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh became a touch less onerous in light of one of Carter's press conference statements. Asked who his running mate might be next year, the President did not duck the question. Said Carter: "Fritz Mondale and I have a very good partnership and I have no plans whatsoever to change...
...female apostle. (Some Protestants who take the Bible literally and oppose the ordination of women cite the dictum in the First Epistle of Paul to Timothy that women should not have "authority" over men in the church.) The ban on women appears for Roman Catholicism to be mainly a question of custom and discipline rather than doctrine. If so, a Pope would be free to change the rule...