Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issuing a blanket pardon to all those who had peacefully refused to register for the draft or be inducted into the armed services during the Vietnam War. By granting the pardon Carter hoped to bring America's tragic Vietnam experience to an end. Unfortunately, the pardon, while a step in the right direction, does not go nearly far enough...
...Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktas, to begin thrashing out the differences between Greek and Turkish Cypriots that have long engulfed the island in fratricide. Details of the talks were not disclosed, but.it seemed that Makarios was in luck. Later, he described the talks as "a breakthrough" and "a good step toward a settlement." Said Denktas: "The exercise has been successful...
Reaction to the measure was decidedly mixed. Liberals praised it as the first step in getting the economy back on track, while businessmen, labor leaders and some economists called the package misguided or inadequate. At week's end Congress seemed prepared to expand the program even more, against the wishes of the Administration. Thus the stage could be set for the first open confrontation between the new Democratic President and the Democratic Congress...
...hearing before the officers of the Board of Review Examiners marks the last step that the employees can take before going into court to contest the University denial of benefits, Kuntz said...
Dean Fox's controversial proposal to revamp the housing system moved one step closer to implementation last week as the Faculty Council unanimously approved the plan at its regular meeting last Wednesday...