Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defeated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, thereby bringing an end to both her authoritarian rule and her Soviet-leaning foreign policy. The Russians lost their special relationship with Somalia, as well as their excellent port at Berbera, because they got too greedy and tried at the same time to reach an accommodation with Somalia's neighbor and ancient enemy, Ethiopia...
...agreements at the Baghdad summit meeting of Arab states; but they did so in return for an easing of radical Arab retaliation against Egypt. The West was disappointed at the Saudi performance at last month's OPEC meeting, where they went along with a price increase that will reach 14.5% by year's end. To some extent the Saudis appeared to be caving in to pressure from radicals, but the Saudis argued that with the dollar plummeting and eroding the real income of OPEC countries, it was hard for them to make a convincing argument for another price...
...Ohio's Oberlin, for example, officials have already slashed $1.2 million from yearly administrative budgets. In their cost-cutting zeal, they have even inserted small plastic discs in shower heads to conserve water. What if the school still fails to reach financial equilibrium? Says President Emil Danenberg: "If we have to make any further cuts, we will eliminate an entire academic department rather than continue trimming away. We have decided it is more important to preserve quality than quantity...
...fellow researcher provided stunning information: the missing log had just been uncovered in a private archive. Exulted Haskins: "That was the last piece of the puzzle." In Canada, a highly portable magnetometer was developed that Webber later had modified for use under water to permit readings in hard-to-reach crevices...
...people have less money to start with, they have been squeezed harder than the mad-as-hell middle class and affluent people. In Atlanta, however, housing is an exception. Overbuilding in recent years has held prices down. A three-bedroom house at $54,000 is still far beyond the reach of someone earning even twice as much as $6,191 a year, which is the federally set "poverty level" for a nonfarm family of four. But the average price of a house in Atlanta seems like a fire-sale bargain compared with the six-figure tags on similar homes...