Word: whether
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon, although he explained he did so on the ground that the disgraced ex-President had pioneered U.S. rapprochement with China. But by issuing the invitation, Carter managed to discourage Teng from his desire to visit Nixon at San Clemente. A quarrel also developed in the White House over whether to invite Ted Kennedy. Though the Senator had long been an advocate of normalization of relations with China, some of Carter's advisers were loath to let their chief share the glory with a potential rival for the presidency. They were decisively overridden by Vance, who insisted that Kennedy...
...know whether you are aware of our interview in TIME magazine in which Soviet Party Chief Brezhnev said that he is tired of talking about the Chinese. I wonder if there could be a limited agreement that Brezhnev will not talk about China, and you will not talk about the Soviet Union...
...upholding the constitution is widely thought to mean that he supports the Pahlavi dynasty. Privately, Bakhtiar has acknowledged that Iran would be better off as a republic with a new constitution; he has indicated his willingness to go along with a referendum in which the country would vote on whether to declare itself a republic...
...nine regional television networks prepared to air the four-part docu-drama neo-Nazis torched an old synagogue in Essen and bombers demolished a television transmission tower near Koblenz and a telephone relay station near Münster. Newspapers carried debates on the accuracy of the series and whether a fictional version of Hitler's ultimate atrocity should be shown...
...criticism has one failing, it may in fact be that overfondness for the jugular. Yet even the most contentious critics, like Gary Deeb, 33, of the Chicago Tribune, are closer than their predecessors to the journalistic ideal of accuracy and informed judgment. Whether they have any real impact on television is less certain, but none of them doubt the seriousness of their subject. "It's our principal medium," says Shales. "Television is more important than theater or film. It's a shared experience unlike anything people have ever known...