Word: containing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stormy Test. Washington Post Columnist David Broder complains Carter has pulled off his public opinion triumph despite indifferently delivered speeches that contain no memorable phrases. Indeed, Carter has gone so far as to order his speechwriters to hold their sentences at the ninth-grade level. One speechwriter told TIME that those guilty of highfalutin language "are quickly brought into line-by the leader [meaning Carter]." But, another insisted, "we are not writing down to people. If you follow Strunk and White's Elements of Style, you can meet his standard...
...MOST STONED LETTER OPENER AWARD: To Jack Nicholson, who was able to contain his giggles just long enough to present the Best Picture award...
...head of the newly formed Assembly for the Republic. At a preelection rally in Paris' cavernous Palais des Sports, 5,000 Chirac supporters cheered wildly as the Gaullist mayoralty candidate reiterated his two campaign pledges: "Only we can govern Paris! Only we can build a dike to contain the Socialist-Communist tide!" In the first of two rounds of nationwide municipal elections last week, Chirac won enough support virtually to assure his election as mayor. But outside the capital, he barely managed to keep his finger in the dike. Socialists and Communists, running on a combined ticket, in many...
Popular Dissatisfaction. Marchais was at least half right. The left vote certainly reflected popular dissatisfaction with the inability of the Giscard government to contain inflation and unemployment. It did not necessarily mean that French voters were ready to endorse the "common program" of the Socialists and Communists, which calls for widespread nationalization...
...fans in the arena and the estimated 2½ million who watched on a nine-state television hookup saw a game to remember. The Cougars' guards managed to contain Folk's White, but Forward Sharon Blake benefited from the defensive attention lavished on her teammate, sinking 22 points. Kennedy's Sisters Mossbarger, alternately swapping guard and forward positions, proved devastating under the boards. The lead changed hands 14 times before the half ended in a 26-26 tie, and seesawed again in the second half until, with 44 seconds remaining. Blake sank a basket and a free...