Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...riskier anyway--for lack of privacy, close and habitual contact between the sexes, and easy access to contraceptives. Even if they were curious about what an intimate relationship with a second or third person would be like, the chances of finding out were small, so it was easier to adjust to the good thing they had and forget that there can be more than one good thing...
...Board director. Aside from his brief exchange tenure, "Mil" Batten has had no experience in securities markets. But the exchange's directors view him as a man who can unify the exchange's diverse elements-at least for the next year or two-and help Wall Street adjust to Government-ordered changes. Among them: the abolition of fixed commissions on stock trades and loosening of the rule that has prevented Big Board members from trading N.Y.S.E.-listed stocks off the exchange...
...cryptic, demotic jargon-and the Arkahoma accent in which it is invariably delivered no matter where in the U.S.-may seem outlandish to many. If so, they had better hang easy and adjust to it. From 8 to 10 million more CB sets will be sold in 1976, which with extra equipment could amount to some $2.5 billion worth-nearly as much as total sales of TV sets. One of the biggest manufacturers, Hy-Gain Electronics Corp. (maker of Betty Ford's rig), reported that 1976 first-quarter sales quintupled those for the same period...
...Democrats because we will lose most Republicans, who will stick with the President's budget, and some liberal Democrats, who oppose such heavy defense spending." The vote, consequently, is expected to be a cliffhanger. If the committee's version of the budget fails, it will have to adjust some of the specific numbers and try again...
Foster had to adjust to another part of baseball, the multitude of fans and autograph seekers. "We have to try to set the best examples. Kids idolize us. We have to show that we're doing things we want to do. But the main thing is to maintain health and strength. We have a great chance of repeating...