Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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TRADE. President Nixon had proposed, and the House had passed, new restrictions on textile imports, partly to repay such Southern states as North and South Carolina for support in his election to the presidency. But a band of liberal Senators, led by Oklahoma Democrat Fred Harris and Republicans Charles Percy...
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WELFARE. President Nixon was finally pushing hard for his Family Assistance Plan, which would shift more of the cost of welfare to the Federal Government, and guarantee qualifying families a minimum annual income. While liberals consider the income levels inadequate and the bill full of technical flaws, there was hope...
THE SST. The Senate voted this month to deny the President any more funds to develop a supersonic transport, while the House had authorized the $290 million that the President had requested. A House-Senate conference committee tried to compromise the issue by granting $210 million for the plane. The...
Dilatory Approach. The battles were not yet over, and it seemed likely that the Senate was about to deny the President his welfare reform and trade quotas, and might still shoot down the SST. It had not even bothered to consider one of his most desired programs: a system of...