Word: adrift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea obviously was high on the agenda of the Brussels conference. But the mechanics of arranging a joint float are formidably complex. The pound and Italian lira are already floating individually and would have to be repegged against neighboring currencies before the whole structure could be set adrift against the dollar. Then, in order to keep all the floaters moving in the same direction at the same speed, the Common Market countries would have to promise if necessary to buy each others' currencies in almost unlimited amounts. Nor could anyone be entirely happy with a joint float even...
OFTEN when things seem very bad, and occasionally even when they seem very good, Richard Nixon just cuts himself adrift from the past. He lives in a future conjured in those lonely...
...Though Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, 21, succeeded his father as President for Life, it sometimes seemed in the early stages of his rule that the cunning Cambronne was actually pulling the strings of power. But last week Cambronne was headed into exile, a puppeteer apparently cut adrift by his puppet...
Insurrections and sabotage at sea have touched off insurrections and sabotage of a different kind ashore. Ever since Zumwalt took command of the Navy in 1970, the more conservative admirals have watched in horror as he set adrift one tradition after another. In their view, permissiveness and luxuries have no place at sea. They ridiculed his reforms as the "three B's-beer, beards and broads." Armed with the ammunition provided by the race riots and sabotage, many admirals have shown their own lack of discipline by campaigning for Zumwalt's ouster...
...Adrift, Jan Kadar's affected failure. 6, 9:25, With Firemens Ball, 8:05, 4:45 weekend. Central...