Word: avidly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inside the country strongly favor what has happened here. Perhaps most people are too relieved at the restoration of order to be angry at the loss of their parliamentary liberties. Despite inflation, the middle class, which deserted Allende, can still manage to make ends meet. Many Chileans, even avid supporters of the coup, will concede that they are living under a dictatorship. But they see it as a necessary transition period and plead that, given enough time, they will come out of it in a uniquely Chilean...
...satisfaction from his many recreation activities. At the age of 71, Duncan constructed a 36-foot schooner for his personal use. His "Cruising Guide to the New England Coast" has become a bible for the New England seafarer. As a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Duncan was an avid climber, listing Mt. Katahdin in Maine and Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Britain, among those he conquered when he had passed...
Duncan was also an avid yachtsman and mountain climber...
...House Republican Conference hi 1966 and began his close association with Ford, who was then Republican leader hi the House. In 1969 Hartmann joined Ford's staff as legislative assistant and quickly won his boss's admiration for his willingness to work long hours, his avid embrace of conservative principles and his skill as a writer. Hartmann proudly recalls how he helped gore the Democratic Administration by exploiting the phrase "credibility gap" and by publicizing the number of Government contracts given to some of President Johnson's chief financial backers. During those years Hartmann also wrote position...
...town-and has lived for the past 22 years on a farm just outside the city. He has been a highly successful accounting executive: since he took over in 1968, Seidman & Seidman, which specializes in tax matters, has expanded from 14 U.S. offices to 47. Seidman, a jogger and avid antiques collector, is also something of a frustrated politician: he lost a campaign for Michigan auditor general in 1962, headed the Romney for President office in Washington in 1967-68, and withdrew early last year from a race for the congressional seat Ford vacated to become Vice President. Seidman...