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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also been speculation of late, some of it floated by Sadat himself, that Saudi Arabia was thinking of canceling its deal to buy 60 U.S.-made F-15 jet fighters, and would choose France's Mirage 2000 instead. The sale of the sophisticated F-15 was the subject of heated debate in the Senate last year. The Carter Administration was determined that the sale should go through, not only to assure the Saudis that Washington valued their friendship highly, but also as away of strengthening the military relationship between the two countries. Despite the latest rumors, Fahd insisted last...
...profitable and stable course for some years to come. Four things could upset this optimistic outlook and inspire Peking to resolve the Taiwan question. The first would be a declaration of independence by Taiwan, which would end once and for all the myth of "one China." At present, the subject is taboo on Taiwan, mainly because of fear of the violent reaction from Peking that would almost certainly follow such a move. The second would be a threat by Taipei to play its so-called Russian Card, seeking Soviet aid to balance the threat from China. President Chiang spent more...
...various Government agencies for hiring and promoting minorities and women, Sears, Roebuck and Co. brought a class-action suit against ten federal agencies last January. Sears wanted a clarification of affirmative-action policy and an admission from the Government that the company's hiring practices, long the subject of an investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, were within...
...restaurant. In Eric's class, Economics Teacher Rudy Johnson asks, "How much job security does a small restaurant owner like Mel (Alice's Boss) have?"And a student responds,"Not much, because small places like that go broke a lot." Smoothly, Johnson moves the discussion to the subject of extra risks that face small businesses throughout the business cycle...
...American medicine, government and insurance payments have removed all effective limits on demand, and thus price. Though sellers' markets always tend to rapid inflation, they usually are subject to at least one rough check: prices cannot rise so high that the buyers simply become unable to pay. That used to be true of medicine, too, in the now dimly remembered days when patients paid nearly all the bills out of their own pockets. No more: the saddest irony of the medical inflation is that it has been triggered largely by an effort to bring quality medical care within everyone...