Word: term
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was never much doubt about the verdict, only about the severity of the punishment. The Soviets resolved that question late last week by imposing on Dissident Leader Anatoli Shcharansky a term of 13 years in prison and hard labor camp for treason (see WORLD). President Carter, who had called the trials of Shcharansky and Fellow Dissident Alexander Ginzburg "an attack on every human being who lives in the world who believes in basic human freedom," said the verdict produced a "sadness the whole world feels." In Germany for a summit conference of major industrial democracies, Carter responded to criticism...
When Carter entered the White House, he reinstated the term "detente," and his appointment of the temperate and skillful Vance was welcomed by Moscow. Yet superpower relations soon worsened...
...athietically dashes about the mansion delivering brisk "hiyas" and "how-ya-doin's" to a staff of bewildered servants. Especially amusing is the scene in which Joe exhorts his board of directors to act like a winning football team and give in to consumer demands, forsaking short-term profits for an ultimate "victory...
...most pressing issue to face the court this term-affirmative action-the Justices followed up their divided Bakke ruling by refusing to hear a union challenge to a settlement between the Government and AT&T setting substantial goals for promoting women and minorities. The court also sent two other affirmative-action plans-struck down by lower courts-back for rehearing, one on procedural grounds, one "in light of" Bakke...
...year's second quarter was exceptionally strong. But M2, which is currency plus checking accounts and most time deposits in banks, grew at 8.3% in the second quarter, more slowly than Miller wants. A possible reason: investors have been switching from time deposits to higher-yielding short-term securities, like Treasury bills...