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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Americans and two in Russian by the Soviets. Each delegation drew up one socalled original, in which its country was named first at each mention, and one so-called alternat, in which the other country was named first. In this way, neither side establishes even the most symbolic sort of primacy in either language. The documents were hand delivered to Vienna by the chief negotiators, Robert Earle of the U.S. and Victor Karpov of the U.S.S.R...
...detailed plan for equitably allocating OPEC supplies among the consuming countries, combined with some sort of joint conservation target. Proposals for an outright buyers' cartel to control consumption, much as OPEC controls production, are thought to be too ambitious. A more realistic expectation is a simple extension of the one-year 5% cutback in oil imports pledged by the 20-nation International Energy Agency last March...
Carter purposefully left vague the question of what sort of action would satisfy the U.S.; indeed, he specifically rejected a recommendation that he spell out conditions under which sanctions might be lifted...
...faced them down in True Grit, so did the actor face down the last of his doubters, at once affectionately parodying and paying tribute to the American heroes he had played in more than 200 films. The film brought John Wayne an Academy Award and a sort of universal indulgence to do, say or be anything he wanted in his sunset years...
Military veterans have been given a leg up at getting government jobs since the Civil War. To reward sacrifice and ease the transition into civilian life, the Federal Government as well as almost every state gives veterans some sort of preference over other public job seekers. In Massachusetts, the preference is permanent and absolute: veterans have a lifetime right to be hired before anyone else anytime they pass the civil service test...