Word: collection
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Workers contributed $2 million to a relief fund for miners and their families, and has organized food caravans into the coal fields. The United Steelworkers donated $1 million to retired miners who are not receiving their pension checks. A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany announced a "massive, nationwide effort" to collect food for the miners and their families...
While retail prices climb, farmers complain that the money they collect continues to fall behind rising production costs. Some farmers have been threatening to restrict production severely unless the Government increases crop-support payments, but their much publicized "strike" so far shows no sign of success...
Committee members said they hope to collect a large number of signatures by Friday, March 25, when they will submit the petition to Dean Rosovsky...
Argan is also beset by his wife Beline (Stacia Zabusky), who wants to send Argan's daughters into a convent and collect their half of his money when he dies...
...fact, the drop aggravates America's inflation. Not only do imports cost more, but U.S. exporters also collect more dollars for their products abroad, and so they sometimes conclude that they can increase their prices at home too. As more American goods flood Europe, Triffin hears the cries rising for protectionism. Americans often overlook the fact that the U.S. enjoyed a $7 billion surplus in trade with Western Europe last year. Because the dollar has become grossly undervalued, many American goods are "cheap" in world markets, and the U.S. is often looked upon abroad with the same suspicion that...