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...exacerbated troubled U.S. relations with Greece and Turkey during the Cyprus invasion of 1974. Yet, as the Europeans well-and gratefully-realized, he had boldly assumed the role of U.S. President for foreign policy and symbolized America's steady resolve during a profound domestic crisis. He could threaten, he could promise-and he could deliver. As secret negotiator, summiteer and diplomat extraordinaire, Kissinger had fascinated the Europeans...
Modern Management Methods consultants essentially showed hospital supervisors how to stay within the letter of national labor laws while violating them in spirit. The consultants advised supervisors not to threaten employees who voiced pro-union sentiments, since such threats would violate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rules. At the same time the consultants instructed supervisors to present the administration's viewpoint and to inform employees when the administration feels union claims to be unjustified. According to Dr. Mitchell T. Rabkin '51, director of the hospital and associate professor of Medicine, the union makes baseless claims "virtually all the time...
...believe it is better to make clear positions beforehand in order to prevent any misunderstanding. You have to bear in mind that we don't talk directly to the Syrians or to the Lebanese. We have to make clear that we cannot tolerate any change that threatens the basic security interests of the state of Israel, either through Syrian movement to the south or the return of the terrorists. [But] we don't mean to threaten anyone. We are not asking for the change of one millimeter of the line between Israel and Lebanon...
This year the aesthetically ridiculous, commercially brilliant brainstorm surfing blithely atop the Zeitgeist's seventh wave is a little number called Charlie's Angels, starring sexy Farrah Fawcett-Majors, sweet Jaclyn Smith and smart Kate Jackson. The series is about delicious ladies who get into scrapes that threaten life and virtue in the course of working as operatives for a private detective with such a passion for anonymity that he is never seen on camera. The show is not just a winner but a certifiable phenomenon. Seldom has a brand-new entry broken into Nielsen...
...riots in the guilt-ridden and fear-filled minds of many whites. Elitist and reactionary commentators began to claim that their fears were justified, that students specially admitted were demeaning the standards of entire schools. And everyone was frightened when real violence did, in some cases, break out, or threaten...