Word: compounded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there has been no trouble involving Jews and Arabs at Kaddum, an 18-month-old settlement of 200 Israelis near Nablus that overlooks two Palestinian villages, Git and Kaffar Kaddum. There is little contact between the communities. Living inside a guarded, wire-fenced military compound, the settlers are completely isolated from their neighbors. Says Ze'ev Saffer, who runs Kaddum's drugstore: "We do not buy supplies from them because they want everything in cash and are not ready to give us credit." The Arabs, for their part, are hostile and suspicious. "They are not farmers," one told...
...indicators released last week confirmed that the recovery is progressing well, except for one persistent problem area - inflation. The surge in the cost of goods and services that began at the start of the year continued in April, when the consumer price index kicked up nearly 1%, to a compound annual rate of 10%. It was the third month this year in which the zigzagging inflation rate has hovered at or close to the double-digit level. The main cause, as in January and February, was increases in the cost of food (the largest single rise: ground coffee...
running an open administration and that all legitimate questions would be answered. Says Nelan: "It's not that the uniformed officers suddenly think reporters are wonderful or even responsible-they don't. But they have reached the conclusion that being secretive is only going to compound their image problems...
Laetrile has also been winning victories in the courts. A Kansas man who had rectal cancer testified that the compound, which releases cyanide in the body, is keeping him alive. A federal judge not only let him import the drug - available in Mexico, West Germany and other countries - but forced the reluctant FDA to hold its first public hearings on Laetrile. The two-day session in Kansas City, Mo., attracted 300 supporters, who continually booed and jeered the drug's critics...
...compound these crimes, Kissinger lied to both the American people and the United States Congress. Many of these operations were in violation of the expressed will of Congress; they were kept secret. Prior to the widening of the war into Cambodia, the Kissinger-Nixon administration pursued a policy of heavy bombardment of supposed Communist base areas in Cambodia and Laos. When international press reports began to filter in, Kissinger lied in response to questions. When news of the bombing was finally leaked by persons on the National Security Council staff, Kissinger responded by tapping the phones of several staff members...