Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Terrill said the purge, and subsequent dimunition of leftist strength, will lead to an increased role for the army in Chinese foreign affairs...
...less divinable world over the next four, and possibly eight, years. Like all but the most admirable and least ambitious politicians, Carter has been guilty of occasional hyperbole and dissembling, much as his opponent has doled out his share of misrepresentation and, in the case of aspects of his role in stopping the initial congressional study of Watergate, silence. Carter's elusiveness is indeed unsettling, as are his conservative stands on several domestic and foreign policy questions such as balanced budgets, gun control, the Panama Canal and detente...
...said she has also been able to bring some of her academic expertise to the company. Explaining her role on the formerly all-male board, Horner said her particular fields--psychological training, experience in an educational community and research on women--have enabled her to contribute to the group...
...cases of Japan, Korea and Italy, the subcommittee has been told by the responsible U.S. government officials that they had no knowledge of the political payments, bribes or questionable commission fees disclosed by the subcommittee. It could be that these are disingenuous denials designed to conceal the background role of our own government in such gross misconduct. But I think it is more likely that the disclaimers reflect the traditional attitude of our diplomats that commercial activities abroad of American-owned corporations are simply none of their business. Such an attitude betrays a failure to understand that multinational corporations often...
...only the diplomatic establishment which has to change traditional attitudes. The Lockheed scandal presented dilemmas for the Congress as well. The Senate Subcommittee, which I chaired, was charged with investigating the global role of multinational corporations and its impact on our foreign policy. Lockheed's misconduct, if revealed, might severely strain relations with Japan. Yet, Lockheed's pay-offs, and those of Northrop, Exxon, Gulf and others, convinced the subcommittee that legislation was essential if the wrongs we discovered were to be effectively inhibited. In order to provide a basis and secure the necessary support for legislation, the subcommittee concluded...