Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Given the pre-season cautiousness, though, how did the buildup of today's confrontation between the Crimson and the strong Tigers occur? How has Harvard managed to stay unbeaten in six meets against tough opposition...
...these woes, banks have made substantial progress in rebuilding their capital reserves from the days of late 1974 and early 1975, when the collapses of Franklin National and Security National in New York triggered now forgotten fears about the essential soundness of the system. The buildup in reserves will probably continue. Total bank loans are expected to rise strongly during 1976, if only because economic recovery will stir more demand for credit and the Federal Reserve Board will increase the nation's money supply enough to meet that demand. But caution and quality, rather than hot pursuit of growth...
Their conversation revolved hilariously around the question of whether or not a waxy yellow buildup was forming on Mary's kitchen floor. The scene was an expert put-on of the soaps' traditional method of stretching a thin script to full length...
While it is inevitable that the secrecy, the downright deceit and the huge buildup from small beginnings in Viet Nam are bitterly remembered, the comparison between Angola and Viet Nam is alarmist and simplistic. For one thing, or so the Administration argues, the levels of aid differ enormously. In 1954, the year the French pulled out of Indochina, for example, the Eisenhower Administration asked Congress for $500 million to aid the region's anti-Communist fighting forces. Ford and Kissinger have assured Congress that the U.S. will not send advisers or troops to Angola, and Washington's goal...
...industry." It was not unrequited. LIFE's crisp pictorial layouts, its salty reportage and limitless palette made it the studios' favorite. The proof is on view in the pages of this opulent valentine: sections on "The Stars" ("More than there are in heaven" boasted MGM), "The Buildup," "The Movies," "The Studios" and "Behind the Scenes"; pictures of every player from Charlie Chaplin to Dustin Hoffman; stories of scandals, sex and scenarios. Between the book's oversized covers are enough memorabilia to turn the most indifferent Late Show viewer into an instant nostalgia buff-and bring the whole...