Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...money currently being squandered on marijuana and cocaine law enforcement would go a long way toward financing a national health insurance program. The money would be better spent promoting life than artificially supporting a criminal underground...
Weeks on the road are hard on a man's home life. One driver who has been married five times explains, "You get in the truck and leave, and they [the wives] see something they like better at home. But if you worry about that, you can't do your job." On the other hand, prostitutes flock around truck stops. Some drivers complain that Transport City harasses the women traveling with truckers. But the owners say they are just trying to protect the drivers. Like rock music and politics, trucking has its groupies, young girls who stand outside...
...possible return of the Shah: You'd better...
...Iran's foreign debt if cho sen for the post, were hardly reassuring. Said a Citibank vice president bravely: "Whatever comes out of this will be a sensible decision. Someone will be there with a level head to deal with the debt situation." If so, he had better turn up soon...
...rather than compete with the more expensive VTRS. They also hope to grab a share of the $2.4 billion a year that Americans currently lay out for movie admissions and the $3.5 billion they spend on records and tapes; when hooked up to a stereo system, videodiscs produce a better sound quality than regular records...