Word: almost
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...inmate of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., and a man with a long history of violence, shook his head. But as Kinzel continued his advance, the prisoner's hands clenched into fists and he backed off, like someone gearing for attack. It was almost as if he felt himself inside an invisible circle into which no one, not even an unthreatening psychiatrist, could safely intrude...
...frayed carpet edge with the toe of one glossy, custom-made Irish brogan. He sniffed the air. His glance shifted to the flowers on the coffee tables, skipped from ashtray to ashtray around the small room. Tilting his head back, he peered at the ceiling plaster and moldings. Finally, almost diffidently, he walked up to the counter and cleared his throat. "Yes, sir? What can I do for you?" inquired the receptionist. The spy plunked Fielding's Travel Guide down on the counter. "My name," he announced, "is Temple Fielding. I happen to write this book here. Perhaps...
...fear of inflation has been heightened by the enormous increase in the country's financial reserves. During the latest money crisis last month, $4¼ billion in francs, pounds, dollars and other foreign funds flowed into Germany. As of last week, almost $3 billion of it was still there. The influx has not only overinflated Germany's money supply but depressed the monetary reserves of France and Britain...
...principal exports, many prices not only failed to rise but actually fell. Retail prices of electric ranges, washing machines, refrigerators, watches and TV sets declined slightly in the past year. The 2½% increase in the consumer price index over the twelve months through last April was due almost entirely to an 8% increase in rents and a 2% boost in food prices...
...demand has burst on a field that was totally unprepared for it. The number of beds in U.S. nursing homes has almost doubled in the past eight years to 750,000 but less than half are in homes that meet such Medicare standards as fireproofing and staff nursing services. The current additions of 90,000 beds a year can take care of only one-third of the rising need. The shortage has created profitable business possibilities for entrepreneurs. Doctors, lawyers, salesmen, even a talent agent and a junk dealer, have started chains of nursing homes, which live largely off federal...