Word: supportiveness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...resolution deploring Israel's continued occupation of Arab territories seized during the Six-Day War of 1967. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad opened the debate by declaring that three years of quiet diplomacy had failed, "due to Israel's insistence on expansion on the one hand, and the support it receives from the U.S. on the other." Foreign Minister Abba Eban again called on Cairo to "rectify" the uneasy situation along the Suez Canal by pulling back all or most of the missiles that the Egyptians, in violation of agreements, have moved into the area since the cease-fire...
...women are not slaves in them." Mme. Richard, now a sprightly 81, is not alone. A band of 60 Gaullist Deputies, led by Claude Peyret, is preparing legislation to permit the houses to function once again. Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas has privately expressed support for the drive...
...back to the floor, then placed comforting hands on her. "Now, one at a time," Sylvia said softly, "please return to your seats." (She explained to me later that had we all left simultaneously, Frances might have associated our departure with her earlier tragedy, in which all of her support was withdrawn at once.) Frances rose slowly, lit a cigarette and turned to look at us. "Thank you all," she said, her face breaking into a radiant smile. "I feel much better...
...this week, the Students for a Democratic Society planned a march on General Motors' Detroit headquarters in clenched-fist support of the auto workers, who are now in the eighth week of a bitter strike against G.M. Reviving the faded dream of a Socialist alliance with labor, the S.D.S. hoped to draw 10,000 students and strikers to the demonstration. Considering the way that workers generally feel about the longhairs and left-wingers, however, the students seemed to be more in danger of violence than the company...
...Nixon Administration wants to win more of the blue collar workers' support by doing more for them...