Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House version of the bill, however, includes a tax credit for parents of students in private and parochial elementary and secondary schools. The Senate removed this provision from its version of the credit in the midst of criticism that it would strike a death-blow to the already shaky public school systems and that a credit for parochial school tuition was possibly unconstitutional...
...credibility problem occasioned by the cleanup campaign. The People's Daily has complained that many Chinese think an attack on the Gang of Four is really a criticism of the infallible Mao himself. Not so, says the newspaper. An assault on the Gang of Four is really a blow to protect the thought of Mao. Still, the paper has admitted that many people are "trembling with fright" over the prospect that they may be attacked by radicals in the future for harboring a "wrong attitude toward Chairman...
...truth." When Griffin was indeed fired the next day, O'Neill was deeply outraged. He declared publicly that both he and his friend had been "treated shabbily." As for Moore, O'Neill said, he would no longer be welcome in the Speaker's office-an extraordinary blow to the relations between two branches of Government...
...points. A key question for the government, however, is the future electoral fate of the faltering Liberal Party, whose 13 M.P.'s provided the margin of victory for Labor on numerous key votes in the 635-seat Commons. Last week the Liberals were dealt a staggering blow outside Parliament (see following story), which made their balloting prospects look even bleaker. If the Liberals lose more ground, most of their disaffected supporters are expected to back the Conservatives. Says one Labor M.P.: "The Tories have only to hold their own vote and pick up two out of five Liberal votes...
...will be adapted from the QSRA (for Quiet Short Haul Research Airplane), which Boeing developed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plane will be ideal for commuters, since it can take off and land on extremely short runways. Reason: its four engines mounted atop the wing blow exhaust over the upper surface, creating phenomenal lift...