Word: difference
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McKinney said while the program will draw most of its faculty from the Business School, its curriculum will differ substantially from the Business School's MBA program...
...differences of opinion between Begin and Sadat on the future of Jerusalem also surfaced during the press conference. At Camp David, said Sadat, "we have stated that Jerusalem is part of the West Bank. When we are discussing full autonomy for the West Bank and the Gaza, for sure we are discussing the Jerusalem issue." Begin was smiling broadly as he responded. "Let me also tell you what I told my dear friend President Sadat about Jerusalem," said the Premier. "It's an indivisible city. There is completely free access to the holy shrines by sons of all religions...
...because he was too independent, things may remain much the same under Patricia Roberts Harris, 55, whose colleagues at HUD consider her, with some admiration, every bit as "abrasive" and "pushy" as Califano. A strong-willed woman who fights hard within the bureaucracy for what she wants, Harris does differ from Califano in one important respect: if she loses a battle, she keeps quiet in public and joins in carrying out the Administration decision...
...books differ stupendously in their quality, but that's thoroughly explainable. V.S. Naipaul, who is the superior writer, has more experience. He has produced 15 books since 1952, but his diversity in style is more remarkable than his productivity. V.S. Naipaul has mastered social satire, essays on development, historical accounts and pessimistic novels about racial conflict and independence in the Third world. Although writing about disparate societies, Naipaul displays an astute sociological ability to muster and link problems common to all former colonies...
...seems simple so far, but the rules require 400 pages of DOE instructions. Allocations are expressed not in gallons but as a percentage of what each individual customer, wholesaler and retailer, received in a given base period. What base period? Well, it can differ from customer to customer. The oil companies must work out not only how much they supplied each customer in the same month of last year but also how much they supplied, on average, in a five-month period from October 1978 to February 1979. If the latter is at least 10% higher than the corresponding month...