Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troops in Central Europe. Instead, they may continue to insist that they have only 805,000 soldiers and thus are already near parity with the West. Notes a U.S. analyst involved in the Vienna talks: "We and the Soviets disagree thoroughly on manpower data. Until we get a data base agreement, there's no breakthrough." Moscow's refusal to budge on the data question would therefore make the "concession" on parity meaningless. But unless the Soviets convincingly demonstrate, on MBFR or some other key issue, their commitment to détente, Washington might come reluctantly to the conclusion...
...pitchers in this pre-Little League league. The ball is placed on a waisthigh, adjustable tee, and for five innings the kids whack away. Kim is one of the hottest tee-ball players in Dayton and a fanatical follower of the Cincinnati Reds. Her position is second base. She pulls a Reds cap down over her hair, punches her glove, drops her red-jacketed arms down to rest on red pants, and waits for the action. Kim has but a single ambition: to play for her beloved Reds. When a male onlooker points out that no woman has ever played...
...America's past this opportunity has been largely limited to males. After a brief period grace, when she would be called a tomboy and allowed to play second base, a girl has traditionally been subjected to heavy social pressure to withdraw from athletics. "Sports was the laboratory where they turned boys into men," says Penn State Psychologist Dr. Dorothy Harris. "As for girls, they were supposed to stand out in the hall, quaking in their tennis shoes. The penalty for daring to take part was to be labeled unfeminine, a social deviant. What is considered healthy psychological development...
...years, as the jaunty, aggressive, morning Washington Post (circ. 561,640) has enlarged its share of readership and advertising, the evening Star has waned. The struggling 126-year-old Star was assured survival last March when Time Inc. bought the paper for $28 million, giving it a strong financial base. Since then Star watchers have waited to see what moves Time Inc. would make to improve the paper...
Auto insurers base premiums on actuarial tables showing the frequency of claims made by policyholders classified by such factors as age, sex, marital status, occupation and even neighborhood. People who get socked the hardest are those who are single, under 25 (particularly young men), residents of central cities and who work as laborers, waitresses or musicians or who serve in the armed forces. Since a small percentage of people account for an inordinate number of claims, actuaries figure that if a client makes a claim, the statistical chances rise that he will make another, and so his premiums rise...