Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin. Parliament in a hasty session had ratified a constitutional amendment authorizing early election of a new President to succeed Suleiman Franjieh, and the stubborn Maronite Christian Chief Executive finally agreed to step down. His successor must be one on whom all factions can agree, and one, moreover, acceptable to neighboring Syria. That might boost the chances of Elias Sarkis, quiet governor of Lebanon's central bank, while dampening those of Centrist Raymond Eddé, an outspokenly antiright wing and anti-Syrian...
...figures point to a healthy, not wild recovery-but do contain a promise of further acceleration in the months to come. The fast pace of consumer spending and sales is keeping businessmen from rebuilding the inventories they slashed deeply last year. If sales stay strong, retailers will have to step up their orders for new goods to rebuild stockpiles so that they do not run out of items that customers want to buy. Result: production increases later this year that will be larger than expected...
...will be able to do it and still retain the essential characteristics of a university. He has created such division in the faculty, and alienated so many faculty members by his arbitrary decisions, that it is not surprising that the faculty has little confidence in his leadership. Silber should step down, in order to let someone who can work more closely with faculty and students take over. If he continues to refuse to resign, the board of trustees should take it upon themselves to remove him from office. The university cannot continue to function normally, much less to go through...
...inclusion of housing for the elderly in the proposed project is commendable, there is certainly a need for such housing. Why not go one step further and put the idea of scatter site housing into effect. In such a large, new development it would be relatively easy to include a small low income housing project...
Last Saturday Cornell took its biggest step to date toward the championship, surprising Johns Hopkins, 15-7, in Baltimore, the Monument City. Hopkins is the team that put the Big Red in its place last year, winning, 16-9, before 12,000 people at Ithaca...