Word: basely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year; less than 30% gave as much as $500. What really marks the typical delegate is a long record of giving time and energy to the party of his choice. This is what may pin the hack label upon him-though it also clearly demonstrates a continuing concern, whether base or altruistic, that makes him feel far more entitled to shape the political process than his long-indifferent neighbors...
...elected, tensions will increase." "They are concerned," adds Yale Political Scientist Frederick Barghoorn, "about creating pressure against anyone who is for a hard-line American policy. If they could swing a couple hundred thousand votes against Nixon, they would do it." Other Kremlinologists doubt, however, that the Russians would base their policy on so uncertain a premise...
...before Memphis Judge W. Preston Battle, a tough, independent-minded jurist, Ray seemed almost in a hurry to return to the U.S. Abandoning his effort to appeal a British extradition order that seemed doomed to failure anyway, he was spirited by night from grimy Wandsworth prison to Lakenheath Air Base 76 miles from London for his nonstop flight to Memphis...
...Economists estimate that one effect will be to in crease unemployment from 3.5% of the labor force to about 4.5%; this is because companies faced with higher taxes will recoup by hiring fewer new workers. Downholds on employment, together with more stable prices, will give unions less of a base to bargain from. Another imponderable is the consumer: he is presently saving money at the high rate of 7% of disposable income. Economists speculate that, with the tax increase," he will reduce saving but continue to spend. In a study released by Commercial Credit Co., University of Michigan Professor Paul...
Much discussion at the Expedition's base camp here has centered on "Stephansson's Theory," a rather simple assertion that the ocean beneath the pack ice contains enough animal life to support a handful of travelers indefinitely. Although this Expedition does not actually depend on game meat for survival, the number of large animals they actually sight will provide some idea of the theory's validity...