Word: willingness
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The United States anachronistic attempts to force its will on Mexico arbitrarily have backfired. Since President Lopez Portillo's visit to Washington D.C. in early 1977, relations between the U.S. and Mexico have progressively deteriorated. When Carter vetoed a privately negotiated agreement to buy Mexican oil at $2.60 a barrel...
A liberal from a conservative state. Church, 54, has proved wily enough to win four successive elections to the Senate. In 1976 he ran against Carter in four primary races for the presidential nomination of his party−and finished ahead of Carter each time. His record on major foreign...
Another perplexing problem was the growing tension between the military forces loyal to Khomeini and the leftist fedayeen. The former, who probably number between 10,000 and 15,000 throughout the country, are devout Shi'ite Muslims. For several years the mojahedeen conducted a terrorist campaign aimed at, among...
Just about the most unpopular idea was Jimmy Carter's thwarted proposal to impose a new tax on domestic crude oil that would sharply raise the retail price. U.S. prices are low by world standards; a gallon of regular gas that sells in New York City for 78? costs...
First, as Daniel Steiner '54, University counsel, argues, reneging on the Engelhard contract ex post facto would not only "impugn the good motives of the Engelhard Foundation," but would be poor "donor relations." Who would be willing to donate money if they knew the University would investigate the morality of...