Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate's approval of the Panama Canal neutrality treaty was, in spite of the "reservations," a step in the right direction [March 27]. Arguments both for and against the treaties are sound. However, it merely requires simple logic to ascertain that while ratification of these treaties will not necessarily guarantee perpetual euphoria, failure to do so can only induce grim repercussions. Panama is a time bomb that the Senate must defuse with caution, by approving the resolution of ratification...
...last week took the bold (some say foolhardy) step of embarking on a major social experiment with little solid information on what its impact will be. President Carter signed a bill, passed overwhelmingly by both houses of Congress, that will outlaw the widespread practice of requiring workers to retire at the age of 65. Most workers will not be forced to retire solely because of age until they reach 70. Consequences of the change are so uncertain that the law itself calls for a study to assess its own effect...
...main hope of avoiding a protracted civil war remains the Anglo-American proposals. Both Smith's Salisbury agreement and the Anglo-American plan predicate eventual black-majority rule. The difference is that Washington and London-neither of which really trusts Smith's assurances of positive transition-would step in under their proposal to supervise such essential instruments of government as police, courts and army...
Last week, in a giant step, the V.O.A. abandoned the standard repertory and embraced 20th century music by presenting the American premiere of Mary, Queen of Scots, a grand opera by Scottish Composer Thea Musgrave, 49. The choice was audacious. Mary calls for 13 principals and a 32-member chorus, a taxing assignment for V.O.A.'s limited resources and tiny (28 ft. deep) stage. V.O.A. gambled and won-to prolonged applause...
...next step, according to Harrison, is to transform Norfolk into a "major opera center," with summer and light opera and a touring company. "If we've done what we've done in three years, we can certainly accomplish that," says Harrison confidently. If Mary is any measure, she is right...