Word: vow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...came to power. This week Secretary of State Cyrus Vance departs for a ten-day swing through Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Israel. He was not optimistic as he left Washington, and there is growing apprehension that the Administration will fail to make good on Carter's vow to move significantly closer to peace "this year...
...university defends its construction as necessary to meet federal requirements for women's athletic facilities, and claims that they can be built at least expense at the controversial site. Demonstrators vow to continue their opposition if construction starts. Though there has been no great swell of support from the 7,000 students now on campus, Robert Hart, a protest leader, predicts: "We'll have pickets outside the construction fence. This will go on." For his part, President Olds insists: "Whatever we do, we will not risk any violence...
Paisley fell far short of his vow to bring Belfast's economy to its knees. Earlier in the week he had told his followers, "I am only remaining in politics to see this thing through. If it fails, then my voice will no longer be heard." He may be right about that. For once, Northern Irelanders seemed to have demonstrated, even to themselves, that militant sectarian zealots can be defied. An aide to Roy Mason predicted that the strike's failure "could be a watershed" in the province's bloody history...
...annual meeting. Chairman Finley admitted that Stevens "has made mistakes of judgment." But officials show no signs of softening: the leaflet to stockholders asserts that union boycotters are "proving that they will readily sacrifice the interests of the employees ... to increase their own power." On their side, ACTWU officials vow a battle to the death. After 14 years the struggle is more bitter than ever...
...construction of B-1 bombers, he has yet to announce he will halt the program inherited from Gerald Ford's budget. He has also abandoned the notion, barring a national emergency, of stand-by wage-and-price controls. On other issues, Carter has fudged his position. The vow to cut $5 billion to $7 billion in waste from the defense budget will not be fulfilled until next year at the earliest, he now says, although he appeared to imply during the campaign that he could do it right away...