Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to find ways to help those hard-pressed parents, Congress is currently considering two different financial aid packages that would give families in the $15,000 to $25,000 income range the first long-awaited break in financing tuition costs. One proposed bill would ease the financial burden through a $250 tax credit, while the other would increase funding for existing financial aid programs and earmark some of that money specifically for middle income families...
After Hirsh returned, the university installed a new supervisor to write reports only on Hirsh and Schiffer, denied Hirsh and Schiffer access to the infirmary and refused to permit them to "go to the john except for lunch and break time," Schiffer said...
...rate, it looks like Baby Ruths and Oh Henrys will not feel their candy home-run kingdoms threatened once the fad wears off by All-Star break...
...That system broke down in 1974 when the price of sugar shot up, partly because of crop failures, to a record 64.5? per lb. Overproduction then sent prices dropping again. By the time Carter took office, they had fallen to about 10? per lb., some 3½? below the break-even point for domestic growers. Recalled Agriculture Secretary...
...executive with Family Lines System, which operated the train that derailed in Waverly: "We do our utmost to keep our track and roadbed in good shape. We had inspected the track at Waverly two days before the accident. But there is no way to tell when a wheel will break. There's no way to tell when the metal will get tired...