Word: worded
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...overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last week-86 to 9-and earlier by the House. The clash over this measure could make the Camp David era of good feelings a distant memory. Members of Congress want their dams approved before Election Day, and some of them have sent word to the White House that they might abandon the celebrated gas compromise if the President persists in his opposition. But Carter says he will not back down whatever the political cost. "If we continue the age-old policy of pork-barrel allocations in the public works bill," he said...
...recalled his conversation with Aleman, but insisted he had not used the word hit. Said Trafficante: "I was speaking in Spanish, and in Spanish there is no way to say that." Had he known in advance about Kennedy's assassination? "Absolutely...
...good worker and give me a job," said Opat. Despite his purely volunteer status, the plant's personnel department paid him $218 for his work and, according to Opat, promised him a job if he would keep his mouth shut. After two weeks without further word from the plant, Opat began talking to the press. "No comment," said a Ford spokesman to all inquiries. And so far, no job for Opat either...
...word is pressure. Nyerere believes Smith will get down to serious bargaining only after he is convinced that "he cannot count on support from the U.S. and Britain." Two recent events, however, may have reassured Smith that in the final pinch the West will come to his aid: 1) a recent congressional attempt to require the U.S. to lift sanctions against Rhodesia by the end of 1978; and 2) disclosures that past British governments looked the other way when oil companies violated a ban on petroleum shipments to Rhodesia. Nyerere professes to be unconcerned about the past. "The international community...
...When word of the disappearance reached Beirut, horrified Shi'ites promptly accused Gaddafi of having imprisoned or murdered the Imam because the Libyan viewed him as a rival to his own ambitions as spiritual leader of the Muslim world. The embarrassed Libyans quickly sent a team to Rome that claimed to have documentary proof that the Imam had left Tripoli on schedule. The Palestine Liberation Organization, which feeds on Libyan oil money and also backs the Muslims in their struggle against Lebanon's Christians, dispatched its own investigators to Tripoli. They reportedly turned up the Imam...