Word: reached
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...countries are being restricted by unilateral U.S. actions." Vance commented noncommitally: "We are studying [it] with careful attention." But he added that it would be best if the U.S. and the Soviets would jointly "concentrate on the concrete actions we both can take to reduce tensions and to reach agreement on the critical issues now under negotiation...
...equally intent Senate majority leader, Robert Byrd, repeatedly called for cloture votes to end debate. Through five such roll calls, the antifilibuster support slowly mounted from 42 to 58. Last week Byrd was ready with a plan to reach the magic 60 votes on the sixth attempt...
...noon one day last week, 10,000 bees droned into Montpelier and settled under the eaves near the Governor's office. "It's probably just a delegation to thank Governor Snelling," joked Beekeeper Emile ("Beaver") Couillard, 65, as he climbed a ladder 50 ft. to reach the gathering insects. Couillard, who likes bees as much as any other industrious Vermonter, took the swarm home to his hives, where he expects them to produce about $150 worth of honey this year-enough to take the sting...
...trends. The Administration is optimistic that the postal workers, whose talks enter the hard-bargaining phase this week, will cooperate. The outcome of the railroad workers' negotiations is less certain. Their contract expired at the end of last year, and Bosworth fears that the new package might well reach 30% or so in increases over the next three years. If that happens, even companies like Bethlehem Steel would have a bona fide excuse to start raising their prices all over again...
...Production, discounted for inflation, rose 2.4% in the first quarter, or at an annual rate of 9.8%. That pace is expected to slow considerably later in the year. Still, Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda now insists that the government's ambitious 7% growth goal for this year "appears within reach." At the same time, the rate of inflation has fallen from a 1974 high of 21% to a manageable 4%. Yet simultaneously, there is a slowly dawning consensus among Japanese leaders and businessmen that the good old days of whizbang, export-led growth are numbered. Indeed, go-for-broke Japan...