Word: staying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...consumer helpers were also only dimly aware of each other until the conference. "These people are so damn excited to see each other that they stay up most of the night talking," reported a bleary-eyed Ken Rashid, an official of the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission. In the bars, halls and hospitality suites of the Corning Hilton, Action Lines told each other their troubles. Not their troubles, mind you, but other people...
Linowitz has also been encouraged by the interest shown in the commission by many members of Congress and international agencies. Said Linowitz, echoing one of Carter's favorite themes: "In all that talk of human rights, if you don't preserve the most basic-the right to stay alive-the rest doesn't matter very much...
Brief though their stay has been, the Cubans have already had considerable impact on the region's culture. They have a plethora of Spanish-language newspapers and a string of glossy magazines to choose among (including a Hispanic version of Cosmopolitan). The Cubans enjoy a Spanish-language television station and a multitude of nightclubs that have brought back Havana's brassy night life...
...effort to stiffen Assad's resolve to stay on in Lebanon, Iraq's radical regime offered last week to send its own troops to the Golan Heights. Assad, who has quarreled bitterly with the Iraqis, was bound to reject their dubious offer. His determination to solve his Lebanese dilemma was probably hardened by the success of the Camp David peace talks, which foreshadowed a separate peace between Egypt and Israel. Such a development would leave Israel free to concentrate its massive firepower on Syria and other "rejectionist" Arab states...
...make waves. That means you not only keep your nose clean, but you don't cause a ruckus about what other people are doing. People around here will accept just about anything before they get upset. The important thing is to make sure things stay quiet and calm. No one in Muncie ever does anything drastic...