Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...small elite group of men and women are wheedling, cajoling, flattering and threatening in an effort to reach one another's minds. Rarely has the international struggle for influence grown so intricate, with religious, legal, family, political, economic, humanistic and military considerations so delicately mixed. We seek to dissuade some leaders from doing certain things, to persuade others to act, a ritual as old as civilization but raised now to the speed of electronic signals and extended to every argument that can be reached by TV cameras...
...State Department one of the planners says the U.S. is now "shadow dancing" with the world, changing military budgets, talking tough with allies, all as part of the plan to reach into the mind of the Ayatullah Khomeini and go even farther-to the Kremlin. The experts believe that at last a spell is being cast beyond the White House, establishing the belief that Jimmy Carter, a reluctant dragon, could indeed bring himself to order fellow Americans into battle...
This year, trade between the two countries is expected to reach an impressive total of $9.6 billion, up from $7.4 billion in 1978; it has made Taiwan the U.S.'s eighth largest trading partner. By contrast, two-way trade between the People's Republic of China and the U.S. this year will amount to $1.8 billion. Washington has quietly but systematically encouraged the bilateral trade boom. Among major recent deals: the Export-Import Bank, which sent a delegation to the island this fall, extended $500 million worth of loans during 1979. Since January, American banks have also contributed...
...traces the taste for strong fragrances to the same craving for identity that makes people want designer names on their clothes. Says he: "The French were wrong when they failed to respond to this need." Whatever the reason, powerful scents are selling. Worldwide sales of Opium are expected to reach $80 million this year, a lot for a brand that has been out for only two years. The top-selling perfume of all, with an estimated $150 million in annual sales, remains Revlon's six-year-old Charlie...
...started gymnastics before the Gang of Four. The rest are very young, and they started after the troubles in China. But we have no one in the middle. So now we must do two years' training in a single year if we are to reach the top level...