Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...investigate the problem in 1945, became the paradigm for the re-evaluation of educational programs in high schools and colleges all over the country. The report, popularly known as the Redbook, was drawn up by a group of the finest minds in the country, including historian Paul Buck, classicist John Finley, biologist George Wald, poet I. A. Richards, former Radcliffe president W. K. Jordan, and the senior Arthur Schlesinger...
...greatest threat to the country, according to Stone, is the military, which has to find or create work to justify the money it craves. The military mind sees the war as a scenario where "we're Buck Rogers (Boom! Boom!) up in the sky and there are a bunch of lesser breeds-gooks-on the ground," he said...
...Julia Child is not a put-on manufactured by an industry on the make for the scarcer and scarcer kuick buck. Her authenticity and expertise are unquestionable, and her enormous memory stocked with the hardcore of haute cuisine essentials marks her as a master chef. Julia Child is a great cook, a very funny lady, and a cult object; the publication of Volume Two of Mastering the Art of French Cooking is accordingly a major event in high-calorie pockets around this country...
...Unpassed Buck. Nixon addressed the critics' basic objection: that unless the officials who spend tax money are the ones who raise it, the funds will be used irresponsibly and with no regard for the taxpayers' pressure. Nixon's reply: "Giving states and localities the power to spend certain federal tax monies will increase the influence of each citizen on how those monies are used. It will enhance accountability. The reason for this is that accountability really depends, in the end, on accessibility-on how easily a given official can be held responsible for his spending decisions...
...President also dealt with a related objection: that government spending already lacks restraint and, under revenue sharing, would be entirely unchecked. Nixon's answer: "It will be harder for states and local officials to excuse their errors by pointing to empty treasuries or to pass the buck by blaming federal bureaucrats for misdirected spending...