Word: sharpe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Evidently, this was a message that Carter tried to send from Annapolis to the Russians last week when he warned that "sharp disputes, or threats to peace will complicate the quest for an agreement." The Kremlin was being served notice by the Carter Administration that neither a SALT II agreement nor other cooperative adventures could survive a continuation of the sharp tensions that have arisen between the two superpowers...
...fast buying pace, largely by plunging into debt: installment debt rose a record $4 billion in March, $3.7 billion in April. But consumer-confidence surveys released last week by the Conference Board, a nonprofit business research group in New York City, and the University of Michigan showed a sharp drop in plans for major purchases, mostly because many consumers think they will need every penny to cover basic living costs...
Behind closed doors, there was sharp debate among the NATO leaders over what stand the alliance should take on Africa. West Germany, France, Belgium and the U.S. were said to support some form of counteraction to the Soviet involvement, perhaps along the lines of the limited U.S. airlift that ferried Belgian and French paratroopers to Zaïre and that last weekend began flying in Moroccan troops to take their place as a peace-keeping force. But in the end, the NATO leaders softened their final communiqué to a bland warning to the Soviets against exploiting "situations of instability and regional...
...major issue has sparked sharp antagonism between the deans and the staff during Gibson's time here, although there are occasionally differences in opinion between individual administrators and their aides...
...includes elegant silk-screen reproductions crafted by Douglas Mazonowicz, an artist and writer who has studied rock art around the world. Perhaps most impressive of all are the full-size replicas of Cro-Magnon man's sculptures. Some are so meticulously copied that even the exhibit's sharp-eyed curator, Alexander Marshack, has difficulty telling reproduction from real...