Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meaning of $531.6 billion. The arguments last week about Jimmy Carter's national budget were surrealistic political rituals designed more for personal identity by the combatants than real evaluation of where we are headed. The AFL-CIO's George Meany stormed that the whole budget was an attack on "average Americans." Former Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen called the small adjustments in Social Security "tragic, unsound." And by the end of the week, Congress's Black Caucus had declared the budget "immoral." Each critic seemed blindfolded, feeling a leg of the elephant and calling...
Typically, he was working on a book about his modern art collection when he was stricken by a heart attack in his office in mid-Manhattan last Friday night. He died immediately. He was 70, but he seemed much younger...
...shrewd leader, Margaret Thatcher. Because minority parties continue to support Callaghan's government, she has stopped short of calling for a vote of confidence that might topple Callaghan and conceivably lead to a Tory victory in a new election. But Thatcher has taken every opportunity to attack Callaghan for his handling of the unions. Last week, for example, she brandished a challenge: "You no longer have the courage to act. Will you not then at least have the courage to resign?" The Prime Minister declined...
With talented Wendy Carle finding herself after two seasons of intermittent glory, the Crimson attack is shaping up. Carle, the leading scorer and rebounder, has combined with freshman star Elaine Holpuch and always-cool captain Caryn Curry to spark the team to its decisive January wins...
...first year with varsity status, the women pucksters fell to an 0-4-1 slate before running up a stunning 5-3 upset over Dartmouth. Center Tania Huber led the Crimson attack with four goals to run her team-leading total to 6 for the season...