Word: votes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North and South House committees called for a boycott of the assembly earlier this month, charging that the Coalition for a Democratic University (CDU) controls the assembly and asking for a referendum to allow all undergraduates to vote on the issue of political parties in the assembly...
...would urge approval. Though it was past midnight in Cairo, Carter telephoned Sadat to report the encouraging developments. Despite Begin's endorsement, the Israeli Cabinet approved the U.S. proposals by only a thin majority: nine in favor, three opposing and four abstaining. When he got word of the vote, Carter again called Sadat, this time to tell him of his idea of flying to the Middle East. Said Carter: "I'd like to come over with these suggestions. They're not going to be exactly what you want, but I believe they take into consideration your concerns." Sadat offered...
...barrage of rhetoric, which seemed a shade inflated itself, was supporting the Administration's 1979 version of a hospital cost containment bill that passed the Senate last year but failed by one vote to clear a House committee. Vowing to lead a more determined fight for passage this time, the President plugged the bill at a special White House press conference last week. He cited an alarming statistic: only ten years ago, a patient paid $533 for an average stay in a hospital; the average hospitalization now costs $1,634. An HEW study found that Americans spent less than...
...seat and hopes for a Cabinet post, the next Prime Minister of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, as the country is to be known, will almost certainly be Muzorewa, who leads the largest of the black nationalist parties. Even so, only South Africa has agreed to recognize the majority regime after the April vote. Neither the U.S. nor Britain is likely to support the new entity...
...Washington last week Assistant Secretary of State Richard Moose explained the Administration's position to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in response to a proposal by two Senators that the U.S. send observers to monitor the Rhodesian vote. Moose said that the U.S. opposed the election because the Patriotic Front was excluded from it and the new government might not be supported by black Rhodesians or international opinion. In fact, under the new constitution, whites will still dominate the army, judiciary and civil service. Moose feared that the election might lead to an escalation of the guerrilla...