Word: basely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...approach and the Democrats'. Mills himself is no big spender. His insistence on economies as the price for enacting the income tax surcharge last June caused a lengthy deadlock with Lyndon Johnson. But Mills opposes tax remission as "backdoor spending," a bookkeeping gambit that can reduce the tax base and make the federal budget even more misleading than it already...
...response to commando activity, a retaliation raid in massive force, only serves to steel the will of the fedayeen and win them new allies among the Jordanian people. Last March, an armored column of more than 1,000 Israeli men punched across the Jordan River to destroy a guerrilla base at Karamah. They succeeded, but Karamah became the fedayeen Alamo. In the furious battle, as El Fatah recounts it, one youth strapped a bundle of TNT around his waist and jumped on an Israeli tank, blowing himself up with it. From the surrounding hills, the regular Jordanian army poured...
Another reason for shoddy repairs is the shortage of skilled mechanics. Few men are eager to train for the tough, grimy job, in which the rewards (an average base pay of about $150 weekly) run considerably less than those for plumbers and painters, not to mention mechanics in the aircraft and other industries. As a result, many motorists have to wait as long for an appointment with a mechanic as with an ophthalmologist or periodontist...
...everything you need at huge savings including our LAB-12 record changer (with base and cartridge) and a pair of our famous compact Optimus-I speakers. Regular $419.95. Sale...
...their most inspired moments, visionary authors of the past never imagined a mission so complex. Still, they dreamed endlessly of Apollo-like moon flights. Then, as now, some men yearned for a military base from which terrible new weapons could dominate earth. Some speculated on vast new reserves of mineral wealth. Others yearned for, no more than the challenge of the trip. For whatever reason, the moon, as it still does, beckoned to all. Its lure seems irresistible...