Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hanover strongmen threaten to go one-two in the shot and javelin, so shot-putter Jay Hughes and javelin-thrower Adrian Tew have their work cut out for them...
...ambassadors. Yakov Malik insisted that any resolution on the Middle East make reference to the nonuse of force in international relations. Chinese Ambassador Huang Hua denounced the Soviet proposal as "downright fraud," since "along the northern frontier of China it [the Soviet Union] has stationed a million troops to threaten China." Could this, asked Huang, "be called nonuse of force in international relations...
Nixon argues persuasively that he needs the new power in order to negotiate from strength at world-trade talks beginning in September. He will get an argument from protectionist Congressmen who want to require, rather than merely permit, higher tariffs or quotas on imports that threaten the prosperity of U.S. industries. The President prudently proposed to give Congress a veto over the way he might exercise many of the new trade powers that he is requesting. In a typical example, if he decided to grant "most-favored-nation" tariff status to imports from the Soviet Union, either House or Senate...
Britain ratified a separate protocol in 1969, pledging not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons in the treaty territory; the U.S. ratified the same protocol in 1971. The Soviets and Chinese have so far ignored invitations to add their signatures. Since France has neither military bases nor obvious political ambitions in Latin America, its decision to join the treaty is mainly symbolic...
...Societe Suisse pour ITndustrie Horlogere, even stated: "Free trade, as visualized in the last century, is dead. We are in a situation of haphazardly controlled free trade. If Texas cattle imports seriously disrupted the outdated European agricultural system, no Texas cattle would be allowed into Europe. If Japanese shipyards threaten American shipyards, ways will be found to protect the American yards." Sweden's Pehr Gyllenhammar, president of Volvo, agreed that it is uncomfortable to be invaded by the products of a country that has a keener competitive edge. "But," he asked, "will the U.S. recognize that because...