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...pass it on in its entirety to [Palestine Liberation Organization Leader] Yasser Arafat, why don't you say so instead of making all this economic talk?" Hurvitz, who had resigned from the Cabinet once before in opposition to the Camp David peace accords, was not about to relent. When the Cabinet finally voted to give the teachers the increase, he made good on his threat and tendered his resignation. His defection and that of four other Knesset colleagues reduced Begin's coalition to 58 votes in the 120-seat Knesset, three short of the 61 needed to carry...
Muskie is certain to dispute firmly any such interpretation. Though long an advocate of U.S.-Soviet detente, Muskie told the Senate last week that he had been "as shaken as the American people were" by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As a result, he said, "we must not relent in imposing a heavy price" on Moscow. And he added: "The burden at this point falls on the Soviets to change their policy in Afghanistan." This tough stance seems in tune with the public's mood. A survey taken earlier this year by the Foreign Policy Association revealed that...
Hostage in arid white Stillman, he didn't care at all. He rather liked it; the disease had consumed him, and his person would absorb it. He was one bloated gland. He would not relent...
...refrain in campaign appearances for her husband in Washington, New York City and Jackson, Miss., calling the captives "hostages of a mob and a government that have become one and the same." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance demanded that Iran permit neutral doctors to examine the hostages. Ghotbzadeh did relent a bit on this point, saying that the government had decided to allow some foreign journalists to visit the Americans...
...stimulate the economy and lift average Japanese incomes. That would tend to raise imports and reduce exports because Japanese wages and other costs would go up. But such a course risks higher Japanese inflation and lower profits, which the nation's business establishment opposes. Unless the corporate chiefs relent, however, they risk the greater shock of having their access to world markets sharply curtailed. The threat of selective protectionism against Japan is rising, and it worries U.S. officials. It would dangerously damage relations with the nation's staunchest ally and biggest customer in the Far East and possibly...