Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tank cars that are used to ship dangerous substances. Only about 20 now meet the new standards. Moreover, as an economy measure, railroads have increased the length of their freight trains. Declared Kay Bailey, acting head of the National Transportation Safety Board: "The tracks often cannot bear the load of bigger trains and heavier cars...
...this task that the Carter administration should turn its attention. The creation and passage of legislation in this vein needs the kind of weight behind it that Carter brought to bear for reform of job-bias agencies. Success in that effort might justify the Carter administration's horn-tooting...
...former CIA chief last night declined to comment on his appearance before the grand jury, and said he had "no opinion" as to whether national security considerations should bear on any possible prosecution of ITT executives for alleged perjury committed before the Senate Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations...
...many reasons, the Core proposal, as it will be presented to the Faculty, is unacceptable. The five subcommittees Dean Rosovsky appointed last year have created a plan that would adversely, if indirectly, affect America's higher education system. In considering this important step, both faculty and students should bear in mind the considerable weight Harvard carries in social and academic circles, and tread carefully. While the Gen Ed system certainly merits revamping, the current Core proposal is not the answer...
...enjoys the fact that he is not a professional politician. His blunt, straight-talking manner has won him the respect of the public, though his austere economics have drawn criticism from both the left and from Gaullists on the right. Barre's policies, however, have lately begun to bear fruit: unemployment has declined for five consecutive months, the annual inflation rate has averaged only 7% over the past six months, France's trade deficit has been halved, and the franc, in spite of a brief attack in early February, has risen against the dollar...