Word: switching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trouble began when U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and ten aides arrived at Taipei's Sung-Shan airport to discuss an inflammatory question: How to switch from official to unofficial relations with the newly derecognized government of Taiwan? The first sign of difficulties came when Vice Foreign Minister Frederick Ch'ien greeted the Americans before TV cameras with undisguised disgruntlement. "I meet you here at this time with a heavy and pained heart," he said. Turning to the ashen-faced and unsmiling Christopher, he added: "Your visit here should be the first step in your government...
...Energy Department urges fuel users to make a surprising switch...
...energy bill in November has freed large amounts of the fuel for interstate sale, and this has put the Carter Administration in the welcome but confusing position of having to do an about-face on gas policy. Energy Secretary James Schlesinger still wants industrial and commercial users to switch to coal, which is by far the nation's most plentiful fossil fuel. To help alleviate the gas glut, however, he would also like any user that has already disconnected from gas and shifted to fuel oil to switch back...
...undeniably an extension of his earlier days as a poet. Jackson, a brilliant flutist, drummer and piano man writes the melody for much of Scott-Heron's news. On the premise that two gifted artists should not be limited in the use of their talent, Scott-Heron and Jackson switch roles, double up and occasionally insert a third party for their creations...
Administration officials who wanted to switch to an anti-inflation policy-CEA Chairman Charles Schultze, Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, Council on Wage and Price Stability Director Barry Bosworth-got a powerful ally in G. William Miller, who took over as Chairman of the independent Federal Reserve Board in March. Miller, a liberal businessman, was shocked by the runaway inflation he encountered and publicly urged the President to declare it the primary peril. More support came from, of all people, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall. Says one Administration policymaker: "When Marshall starts arguing for wage-price guidelines, which would fall...