Word: badly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact is that Congress failed either to raise taxes or make an appreciable dent in spending. The Republicans tried, to be sure, but the only specific saving Dirksen would gloat over was foreign aid, the program with no broad lobby in this country. And when Ford attacked the "pretty bad record" of the 89th, he was forgetting the millions of voters benefiting from that Congress's historically significant output. The present Congress, while producing some good legislation, was far from a standout performer during its first session...
...Bad passes. Northeastern steals, traveling violations and offensive fouls all contributed to the disaster. By the time Harvard recovered in the second half, when they lost the ball only three times, it was too late...
...went from bad to worse. Till it crashed. She walked away from the accident in disgust--"Passion, schmassion...
Harvard's pair of top-notch defenses let their goalie down only once, when Carr made a bad pass to Brown's Bob Devaney, giving him an easy and unexpected shot for a Brown goal...
Trimming & Scrapping. Although it had billings of $700 million last year ($445 million by McCann-Erickson alone), Interpublic nevertheless got into a serious financial squeeze. Just how bad remains the secret of a handful of top executives who own the company. They are willing to concede that Interpublic will have a loss in 1967, due partly to the paring of budgets by some of the company's 1,600-odd clients around the world. As the head of a new five-man executive committee closeted daily at the company's Manhattan headquarters, Healy has an ax-wielding mandate...