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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thrill is worth 125 clams to you, go ahead. If you're a bit more modest you could send her a shark tooth necklace or even a complete shark jaw for a reasonable amount. But if Poverty is your middle name, you could send out a fleet of 99 cent Knobby Urchins to the candidates on your gift parade...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Brain Coral for Uncle Eb | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...government asks that businesses keep their price increases to .5 per cent less than the average price increase over the last two years. But the guidelines also say that businesses unable to meet such a restriction would still be considered "in compliance" if they do not increase their profit margins as a result of a price increase...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Price Guideline Question Still Troubles FAS | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Kaufmann and other University officials said they felt the government would be tougher on wage guidelines, keeping Harvard close to the 7-per-cent ceiling outlined in Carter's program

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Price Guideline Question Still Troubles FAS | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

Packwood has been targeted by Right-to-Life as the number-one public official it hopes to defeat in 1980. "Right-to-Life doesn't need to get 55 per cent of the vote to win," Packwood said. "In a swing district, if you lose just 4 or 5 per cent, you've lost the election," he added...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Packwood Discusses Republican Party | 12/7/1978 | See Source »

...SALT II agreement is now "more than 95 per cent complete" Warnke said, but he warned that "some American politicians may attempt to secure the passage of their favorite programs as the price for their support" of the accord, and the recent Soviet dispatch of 16 Mig-23 aircraft to Cuba indicates "there are also some in the Politburo who want to be bought-off as a precondition" to accepting the agreement, Warnke said...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Warnke Says Superpowers Must Now Disarm Further | 12/7/1978 | See Source »

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