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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very noble of the 15 former greats to call for tennis to clean up its act, but I'm sure they would like to have said that it's too bad the big money came after they were all over the hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 9, 1978 | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...Thursday that "the time for wasteful spending is over" and pledged to cut as much as possible from the fiscal 1980 federal budget, which will be introduced in January. Especially vulnerable are some of the programs Carter has pushed to combat unemployment. One example: the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, which will cost $11.3 billion in fiscal 1979, will probably be trimmed, partly because it has fallen short of its goal of finding jobs for the hard-core unemployed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We're Taking Control | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...commend the U.S. Attorney's Office for its thorough investigation which concluded that the assassination was not just an isolated anti-leftist act, but a concerted effort by an illegitimate government to silence its opposition in the face of threatened foreign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letelier | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

Chief U.S. Court Judge Raymond J. Pettine's decision came on a suit filed in 1977 by the Providence Journal Company under the federal Freedom of Information Act...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge Orders Release of Transcripts | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

Carter stated in his veto message that "each bit of additional spending always looks small and unimportant against the total federal budget," adding that Congress and the executive branch "must recognize that there is no one single dramatic act which will control the budget...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Veto of Public Works Bill Survives House Challenge | 10/6/1978 | See Source »

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