Word: wake
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Paris. The Administration insisted that Kissinger had planned the trip long before the Communists made their move, but such pronouncements no longer sound convincing, especially in the wake of the Pentagon papers. What is more, Hanoi's top negotiators in Paris let it be known that they are "ready" to meet Kissinger when he reaches Paris late this week. It seemed odd, too, that Defense Secretary Melvin Laird happened to be journeying across the Pacific on a tour of inspection...
...large degree, Poland's problems have remained the same. In the wake of the 1956 Poznan "bread and freedom" riots, which brought Gomulka to power, he instituted an enlightened reform program, only to see it founder largely because of Poland's turgid, overcentralized economic system. Disappointment led to public resentment, which in turn provoked government repression. If Gierek is to avoid the same cycle, he must improve Poland's managerial system and inspire workers and farmers to greater performance...
...career work because I was a woman," she said. "But right after Sputnik I became aware there was a problem with women's education.' She served on a National Science Foundation Committee on Scientific Education and Manpower-one of the many governmental committees she set up in the wake of the Russians' satellite. A study that committee did showed that 98 per cent of what they termed "bright" high school students who did not go to college were women. But the committee's final report mentioned nothing of this finding. "They suppressed it because they felt it would detract from...
...Washington was worried that the Russians might provide additional armaments not so much to bolster the Egyptians as to panic Israel into trying to wheedle additional arms out of the U.S., thereby throwing both the arms balance and the American peace effort out of kilter. Sure enough, in the wake of the treaty, Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yitzhak Rabin last week inquired into the status of an Israeli request for an additional $500 million in economic aid and military supplies. Washington has so far held back on approving the request. With some justification, Jerusalem fears that the U.S. might...
...more compelling reason for U.S. hesitation is that Washington is trying to determine how far Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is inclined-and able -to go in seeking peace. In a lengthy speech to the People's Assembly -known as the National Assembly until Sadat reconstituted it in the wake of an unsuccessful coup against him last month by members of his Cabinet -Egypt's President took a hard line on the U.S. effort. One superpower, he told the Assembly, "is an honorable friend that stands on our side in the darkest days. The other declares even today that...