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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration's response to Chou's death was a verbal sign of the importance Washington attaches to Sino-American relations and, by indirection, of the hopes it has that Teng will continue Chou's policies. President Ford called Chou "a remarkable leader who has left his imprint not only on the history of modern China but also on the world scene...
Smith also said he believed that the fourth break-in, which occurred on January 12, was by someone who had possession of a key to the building. He said that in this most recent robbery, there was no sign of forced entry...
...speeds on Woodward have decreased, the number of teenagers who parade their cars up and down the road has not. Supersized mag wheels on the back axle make the cars look as if they are always pointed downhill, and garter belts hang from rear-view mirrors as a sign of sexual conquest. Owning and maintaining a car at an early age is a special status symbol around Detroit. It provides exitement and an identity for students whose careers are already a thing of the past when they enter high school...
Contract Catch. His decision, stayed temporarily pending appeal, was a blow to more than the football establishment. It was an ominous sign to baseball and basketball, whose own reserve rules are under attack. The week before Larson's decision, a baseball arbitration panel stunned owners by deciding that two pitchers who have played out their contracts-Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers and Dave McNally of the Expos-are free to negotiate with any team. In basketball, legal skirmishes have already caused setbacks for the reserve system. A Players Association suit against the N.B.A. is expected to eliminate all restraints...
What Not to Do. How to reach whatever targets might be set? The way not to do it is to adopt the AFL-ClO-Humphrey-Hawkins approach. This inevitably would pump so much money into the economy as to raise demand to the point at which employers sign on almost anybody who shows up, with the Government hiring the residue, many in make-work jobs. A non-partisan study last May by the Library of Congress indicated that an attempt to get the overall jobless rate down to 3% within 18 months would push inflation back...