Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stressed that the Federal Reserve is not deliberately trying to push up interest rates. The board's latest tightening of monetary policy, he said, was merely intended to signal to the financial community that "a major relaxation of money supply" is not under way. That explanation brought a blast from Committee Chairman Henry Reuss, who wondered why the board did not simply announce its intentions instead of maneuvering in such an arcane fashion that interest rates did rise, thus delivering "a clout on the nose of the economic system...
Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth; --that's sure a blast from the past--are at Sandy's in Beverly starting Wednesday. Nelson's own style has changed little since the days of "Livid' With the Animals," in that the earth mother theme is played up: she wears long dresses, her full voice moans for sheer bulk--the images are supposed to be security, ripeness. Nothing whines and the come-on is not overly sexual; on certain numbers, particularly when her still-mediocre band keeps mum and lets the piano alone back her up, the sound is enveloping and strong...
...required between the Sinai negotiations and major movement on the Golan Heights and on the future of the West Bank. Washington will continue its refusal to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization until the P.L.O. accepts Israel's right to exist and stops terrorist acts like the bomb blast in Jerusalem two weeks ago that killed 14 people. (In revenge, Israeli forces last week attacked Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon, killing at least eleven people.) The U.S. will consult with Israel before making new peace proposals for the region...
...usually reticent standards, the Soviet Union was on a veritable ASTP binge. Moscow issued commemorative Apollo-Soyuz postage stamps, printed lavish brochures on the mission and even invited the American ambassador, Walter Stoessel, to watch the Soyuz blast-off from the once secret launch site near Baikonur, in central Asia; the Soviet ambassador to Wasinngton, Anatoly Dobrynin, will attend the Apollo launch at Cape Canaveral...
...fired the steel ball 75 ft., an astonishing 3½ ft. past the existing world outdoor mark. Oldfield's effort will not be recognized as a record by amateur governing bodies because of his professional status, but he has more pressing concerns. What he wants most is to blast the shot beyond the 80-ft. barrier...