Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason to demand bigger raises. Alfred Kahn, the Administration's top inflation fighter, concedes some merit in labor's claim and protests that "the business community has not been assuming their full responsibility in the anti-inflation fight." However, the acerbic economist contends that any settlement that goes beyond the guidelines would be "an act of aggression against the American people...
Peace also poses a risk for Washington. If the U.S. comes to be regarded as the architect of a strictly bilateral Egyptian-Israeli settlement, it too could become dangerously alienated from the rest of the Middle East. With Iran now in unfriendly and potentially hostile hands, Washington cannot afford too great a loosening of its ties with Saudi Arabia, a country strongly committed to pan-Arab interests. To assure moderate Arab states of the U.S. dedication to a general Middle East settlement, Carter is dispatching a high-level delegation on a rush visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Reflecting...
...Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 242, calling for recognition of Israel's sovereignty but also for withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied territory and for settlement of the Palestine refugee problem. Israel holds on to conquered territories...
...issues at the September summit, which ended with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signing two accords. The first was an outline of a comprehensive Middle East peace; the second was a general description of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Highlights of the overall settlement, including the details worked out last week...
...sets imported since 1971. In addition, the U.S.owned retailers could face civil fraud penalties totaling $1 billion and criminal fines of $5,000 for each shipment of TVs brought in under a false import declaration. But the prospect is for a less painful out-of-court settlement. Says one Treasury lawyer: "Nobody wants to see the Government take over Sears...