Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leaders had many serious issues to discuss−from oil prices to migrant labor and drug smuggling−and before one session of the talks formally began, Carter asked for ten minutes alone with LÓpez Portillo. The President candidly told his host that it was "counterproductive if we overemphasized our differences, particularly our historical differences, as opposed to our commitment to efforts to resolve them...
Levin said the Nicaraguan delegate appeared in the General Assembly session yesterday in full military attire, studded with medals, a sash and red beret...
...question-and-answer session followed the talk in the Science Center, the last in a series of events commemorating the life and ideas of Malcolm...
Negotiating sessions generally consist of a morning meeting from 9 until noon, a break for lunch, then an hour or two in the afternoon; each session opens with a pot of steaming green tea. All are conducted in English, through an interpreter supplied by the Chinese. (Japanese businessmen complain that they face a greater language barrier than Americans, since many more Chinese speak English than Japanese.) Nonetheless, it is wise for Americans to bring their own interpreter, if they can find one skilled in both the Chinese language and U.S. business terms. Misunderstandings do occur; once some Boeing negotiators, slipping...
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology face an 8.5 per cent tuition increase next year, officials at MIT announced earlier this week. The increase of $400, which raises tuition from $4700 to $5100 will be effective starting with the 1979 Summer Session...