Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jimmy Carter had faced. Despite almost four weeks of diplomatic efforts, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were stalemated over a smoldering dispute that threatened to flare out of control. The confrontation had even reached the point last week that TASS, the official Soviet news agency, took the unusual step of denouncing Carter personally for "absolutely unfounded and crude attacks" on the U.S.S.R...
...specific step-by-step plan for the truce, nor was it seeking an all-parties truce conference involving direct negotiations between Israel and the P.L.O. "We're not that stupid," says an Administration source. "We will deal with the Israelis and the U.N., and we will deal with the Lebanese. The Lebanese will deal with the Palestinians and with the Christian militia...
...Carter Administration last week attempted to revive its moribund voluntary guidelines by creating a 15-member committee, including representatives of labor and management, that will recommend new wage standards to replace the current 7% guide. Since unions had strongly opposed the guidelines, forming the committee was a step toward reconciliation between the President and labor. Unions still have scant incentive for moderate settlements at a time when inflation is roaring at 13%. The Labor Department announced that consumer prices rose by 1.1% in August, the seventh straight month of an increase of 1% or more. Because prices rise faster than...
...sobering situation to see one of the major sources of funding dry up," Margot N. Gill, director of fellowships, said yesterday. "People at universities are saddened by what seems to be a necessary financial step," she added...
...still taking in about $3 million a year. Edison, which has no desire to lose such business to MATEP, also holds the final trump. It's the only company that can provide backup for Harvard, but to do so, it must invest $10 or $15 million in an essential step-down station. Edison spokesmen smugly tell you that if MATEP wants to buy backup power for 20,000 of the plant's 30,000 kilowatts, it will cost about $1 million a year. "If that's the case," says one, "you might as well forget the whole thing...