Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Big John Connally's first visit of the campaign included a 1978 appearance at Goffstown (pop. 2,272) that attracted precisely no one. Connally will try again, never fear, this time trailed, again never fear, by hordes of reporters, camera crews and Texas sidemen, all of whose expenditures for motel rooms, meals, booze and rental cars juice up the fragile New Hampshire economy each election year to the tune of an estimated $4 million. They will probably spend more than $1 million in the preprimary year...
...episode should be instructive to a country that has long been beset with doubts about its overall foreign aid program. It is particularly ironic that Washington should have given such a hospitable reception to a big, unexpected outlay in these tight times. Earlier, Congress had been expected to offer stout resistance to an Administration proposal for a $159 million increase, to $6 billion, in economic and military aid worldwide for fiscal 1980. Last week's events probably will not alter that prospect dramatically, but they at least raise the possibility that the nation might be moved to renovate...
...Big washout ahead
...giant hamburger chains, dominated by McDonald's and its two smaller cook-alikes, Burger King and Wendy's. But lately, increasing costs and competition have taken some of the sizzle out of the chains. Says Wendy's Chairman R. David Thomas: "There's a big washout coming...
...last year, and some experts say they could increase by 50% this year. The chains have thus been forced to charge more; McDonald's raised its prices last year by about 14%. But higher costs are causing people to order down−to pass up the $1.05 Big Mac for a 500 regular hamburger, buy smaller portions of French fries and cut out dessert...