Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...true that "the superpowers between them have ten tons of nuclear destruction for every being on earth," then we are much closer to Armageddon than many of us realize...
...House, for a $1 billion pay increase for the four military services, the Coast Guard and Public Health Service personnel. The amount is more than twice that recommended-or wanted-by the White House and the Pentagon. It is expected that the Senate will bring the pay raise closer to the Administration proposal, and that ultimately there will be a compromise between the average increase of 10.7% voted by the House and the 4.7% sought by the Administration...
...just as the earth has no vacations," he says. "The earth keeps turning all the time, and we turn all the time-even when we are dead. The earth does not sleep. It turns with us." And remarkably, at the age of 78, Chagall turns ever faster, feeling ever closer to the rhythm of nature...
...rent-subsidy section came under some scathing criticism; Virginia's Harry Byrd, even before the debate began, denounced the plan as "renti-care." A Republican-backed amendment that would have killed the provision was defeated by a 47 to 40 Senate vote. But that count sounded closer than it actually was: Democratic leaders had at least another half-dozen votes in hand, if needed...
...idea began in Paris about five years ago and quickly spread through Europe. New York Francophiles soon founded similar night spots, such as Shepheard's, Arthur, and II Mil, which all depart from discotheque tradition by featuring eacophonous bands along with the usual LP platters. La Discotheque Nicole is closer to the French version; it is small, has only recorded music, and keeps down the sound level to permit conversation...