Word: breakdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shop in Boston for 39 years: "Today they don't want you to repair things. They want you to buy'em, use'em and throw'em away." He and other seasoned repairmen say that the substitution of brittle plastics for metal makes many machines more breakdown-prone, and they blame some of the problems of repair on the use of spot welding or riveting in place of labor-expensive screws...
...breakdown of the Union of the Left last September suggested that the C.P. had decided to push its strategy all the way to power only if the Socialists accepted its terms both for a truly radical program and for the distribution of post-electoral patronage. Should the Socialists refuse (as they did last fall), the C.P. was willing, and indeed seemed to prefer, to destroy the chances of the Left, so as to stay in the opposition where it could hope to become soon again the bigger of the two Left-wing parties...
...perils start with the possibility of protectionist measures being taken by nations seeking to isolate themselves from the effects of monetary instability. Then come the threats of a breakdown of world trade -caused partly by protectionism, partly by uncertainty about what exchange rates will be the next day or even the next hour-followed by a speedup in global inflation and, finally, international recession. Relations between Washington and its two most important economic allies, West Germany and Japan, both of which are crucially dependent on exports for economic growth, have already deteriorated alarmingly. But doomsday is not inevitable. For more...
...handle it." But passion does not improve the reasoning process, and when the author supports his arguments with windy civics lectures and careless unravelings from U.S. history, he can be more provocative than illuminating. Cases in point include a lame paragraph that seeks to prove "a high incidence of breakdown among men and women in public life" by linking the troubles of Explorer Meriwether Lewis (who died in 1809, probably a suicide, in "a seedy tavern"), Major General Edwin A. Walker (arrested in a Dallas men's room in 1976 for public lewdness), and Pat Nixon ("stress-related stroke...
...despite the late-set breakdown, Goolagong, who has been playing with pain killer deadening the effects of an injured left ankle, came back even stronger in the next set, capitalizing on a string of uncharacteristic, unforced Evert errors. The Floridian's usually flawless groundstrokes fell to pieces as the afternoon progressed, and she missed consistently on attempts to pass Goolagong with down-the-line forehands...