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...such Soviet military activities do not stop, Carter suggested, the U.S. public may turn against detente, endangering any type of cooperation between the two superpowers. Citing a ''massive" buildup in Soviet conventional forces, which could be used "for political blackmail and could threaten our vital interests," the President vowed: "We will match, together with our allies and friends, any threatening power through a combination of military forces, political efforts and economic programs. We will not allow any other nation to gain military superiority over...
Thus, even if the center-right wins, the immediate postelection period might produce a small but embarrassing rise in the unemployment rate. Prices, too, are likely to climb; increases in rail, utility and public housing costs are already in the pipeline and threaten to propel inflation past the present rate of 7%. Similarly, France will come under increasing pressure, along with other Western industrial nations, as Third World countries continue to challenge it with their improving industrial strength. Such factors, coupled with disappointment over the left's defeat, might create a wave of strikes or demonstrations by exasperated workers...
...have the vision to grasp the opening provided by Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, saw Begin's interpretation of Resolution 242 as yet another stratagem to hold on to all of the West Bank-even if it meant abandoning the peace talks. The criticism did not yet threaten Begin's position as Premier, and it could well be muted in the wake of last week's atrocity. But much now depends on his talks in Washington. Should the Israelis conclude that Begin's intransigence was to blame for the failure of the peace process...
Cries arose from most of the 50 minority students who had attended the meeting to argue for the clause, and to threaten the convention with a boycott of the upcoming ratification...
...position statement circulated to members of the House and the Senate, Daniel C. Tosteson, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, stated that giving residents andinterns the power of collective bargainingwould "threaten the quality of the educational environment, and consequently the quality of patient care...