Word: auge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Aug. 19, 1974: Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger Davies, shot and killed during a demonstration in front of the American embassy in Nicosia...
...Aug. 28, 1968: J. Gordon Mein, Ambassador to Guatemala, shot and killed during a kidnaping attempt by revolutionaries in Guatemala City...
...Democratic officials admit−that New York City convention costs have soared far beyond those in Miami four years ago, even allowing for inflation. The prices are equally exorbitant when compared with the current costs of setting up shop for the Republican Convention in Kansas City that begins Aug. 16. Some New York examples...
...Electable"?that will be the buzz word dominating the bitter Republican struggle, probably right down to the convention floor in Kansas City, Aug. 16. The argument will be whether Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan will have a better chance of beating the formidable Jimmy Carter in November. The very fact that doubts are being cast on the electability of a sitting President with the traditional advantages of incumbency is a measure of the trouble Ford is in. It is also a measure of how far Reagan has come from a shaky start, with no credentials in foreign affairs...
...annual rate of about 13%. The often fractious coal miners' union voted to accept an agreement between the government and the leadership of the Trades Union Council to hold wage increases to an average of 4½%, or about $4.61 a week, for the year beginning Aug. 1. The 11 million members of the T.U.C.'s constituent unions are widely expected to ratify the agreement in balloting this week...