Word: alters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...colonizers did nothing to alter the compadre system under which a Filipino bureaucrat was permitted to skim the cream from his tax collections and distribute it to his poor friends and relations; as a result, graft and corruption are still the Manila way of life. Nor did the Americans break up the vast estates of the principalia, the Filipino elite; peasants today still pay up to 30% of their crop to absentee landlords, and the rest often goes to local loan sharks. By granting free tariffs to Philippine producers of sugar, lumber and hemp, the U.S. reinforced a backward primary...
...crawling from under the make-believe rocks in our make-believe town." Murphy tried to warn him about the Communist encroachment but could not penetrate what Reagan now regards as his "early white-eyed liberal daze." Reagan became furious at Murphy, labeled him "an archreactionary." But Murphy persisted and, alter Reagan recognized what was happening, the pair patched up their differences. Now Murphy, haying led the way from show biz to public office, is an eager backer of Reagan's cause...
Most of the changes involve the use of less costly building materials, such as the handrailings or the exterior walls of the underpass. Another proposed change would alter the lighting system. According to L. Gard Wiggins, Administrative Vice-President, the planned lighting would be far more intense than lighting in any comparable underpass in the metropolitan area. Harvard is requesting a reduction to the standard brightness, he said...
...best that can be said of Salinger's book is that it does not alter the figure of the President or the record of the Kennedy years. Salinger writes of what he observed, but that was from a position just one step closer than a White House reporter...
...stop a car if a single set fails and anchorages for front-seat shoulder harnesses. Other improvements will come along later, based largely on the 26 safety features that manufacturers must build into cars that they sell to the Government. Because it takes Detroit a year or more to alter designs, some changes will not show up until the 1968 models. To demonstrate what can be done, New York State is spending $5 million to build and test a "safety car"; its designers are convinced that they can halve injuries caused by a forward crash at an impact speed...