Word: sures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issues are spoiling the usual autumn conviviality: energy and inflation. The members know that their constituents want them to act on these matters, but they are not quite sure how. Hardly had they returned to their offices when the President started pressuring them to pass his energy program. At a senior staff meeting early in the week in the Roosevelt Room, Carter told his aides to put the heat on Congress. "When there's unfavorable committee action," he said, "we ought to call it exactly as it is." A top aide later warned that the White House may have...
...sounded out for their reactions to such substitutes as Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso, New York Governor Hugh Carey or New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan. "I don't know if they meant it seriously, or as a ploy for support," said one union staff member, "but the approach sure was unmistakable...
...differences of opinion between Begin and Sadat on the future of Jerusalem also surfaced during the press conference. At Camp David, said Sadat, "we have stated that Jerusalem is part of the West Bank. When we are discussing full autonomy for the West Bank and the Gaza, for sure we are discussing the Jerusalem issue." Begin was smiling broadly as he responded. "Let me also tell you what I told my dear friend President Sadat about Jerusalem," said the Premier. "It's an indivisible city. There is completely free access to the holy shrines by sons of all religions...
...regimental standards dipped in salute. To muffled drums and the somber measures of a Beethoven funeral dirge, the cortege began its slow march through the streets of London. Hundreds of thousands of Britons lined the funeral route; many had slept on the pavement all night to be sure of a view of the procession, which stretched for nearly a mile...
...reckon your boys are letting you down, George. Can't be much good, can you? ... I'm not quite sure when I will strike again, but it will definitely be some time this year, maybe September or October - even sooner if I get the chance." That taunting 260-word tape-recorded message was mailed to Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield of the West Yorkshire police in June. In it, the twisted murderer known as the "Yorkshire Ripper" vowed that he would soon add to his string of eleven brutal killings. Last week he kept his word...