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...burbling with good humor at the end of his three-day official visit to Washington last week. His talks, he said, had produced a chance to establish "real peace" after "the delay of almost a generation." President Carter seemed almost equally optimistic. "I believe we have laid the groundwork now," he said, "and barring some unforeseen difficulties, that will lead to the Geneva Conference in October." He also suggested that such a conference could well lead to eventual compromise. "We've not found any of them to be so adamant in their positions that they are not eager...
...Selective Service (1941-70), who supervised the draft of 14.5 million Americans; in Angola, Ind. Hershey enlisted in the Indiana National Guard in 1911, went to France with an Army artillery unit in World War I and later became a member of the Army-Navy committee that laid the groundwork for the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. A target of antiwar protesters during the Viet Nam War, he countered by calling them "enemies of the U.S." and urging draft boards to step up their induction. While instituting the draft by lottery and the volunteer army, President Nixon eased...
...England area, the groundwork for the boycott has just begun. Last Friday, at a Fanueil Hall rally, recently fired Stevens workers described their experiences in the plants. But major retailers of Stevens products, including Jordan Marsh and Filene's, have announced sales of Stevens goods--presumably to get them off the shelves before public awareness grows...
...said the new glamor of investigative reporting should not encourage reporters to substitute sensationalism for the "hard, slogging" groundwork needed for good investigative reporting...
...just about every aggrieved party in the Arab-Israeli conflict; but for the moment at least, the Israelis seem to be getting the worst of it. After Carter had announced himself in favor of a Palestinian "homeland," there were widespread suspicions that the President might be laying the groundwork for a subtle shift in American policy-not really away from Israel, but perhaps a bit more toward the Arabs...