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...primarily to ratify agreements already reached. Otherwise, the fanfare surrounding such meetings leads to false hopes and possible misunderstandings. As for the Warsaw Pact proposals on arms control in Europe, a senior British diplomat suggested that the most effective means of lessening tensions would be for the Soviets to halt their deployment of SS-20 nuclear missiles...
...When he learned later that afternoon of the Knesset's action on the Cohen bill, Sadat felt incensed if not betrayed. Following a strategy session with aides the next day, Sadat directed his Foreign Ministry to issue a statement denouncing the Israeli parliament's action and to halt all plans to resume the negotiations...
...automakers were split on the issue. Chrysler's Iacocca wanted a "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese to cut back exports; Ford's chairman, Philip Caldwell, and the U.A.W.'s Fraser wanted still tougher restrictions; GM's Murphy opposed forcing a halt in imports from Japan. In the midst of his plea for pressure on the Japanese, Fraser looked across the polished table and saw Murphy about to start a rebuttal. Said the U.A.W. leader puckishly: "Now, Tom, keep quiet. I didn't interrupt...
...ranged from oil-fueled inflation and the weak dollar to labor strife, excessive regulation, inadequate government-business cooperation and, most of all, slumping productivity brought on by too little investment in research and equipment. Among the most popular suggested solutions: more labor-business-government dialogues and more effort to halt the flood of regulation. The participants favored cuts in business and personal income taxes to spur individual savings and corporate investment, even if it meant that the federal budget would remain in deficit...
...letter by CCSR chairman Hugh Calkins '45, the Corporation last week explained the reasons for the votes. Stating that a halt on sales to the South African government would also prohibit sales to hospitals and schools, the letter argues that these resolutions would amount to "a boycott that should be a matter for foreign policy and should be applied uniformly to all commercial relationships...