Word: cools
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...measures to reduce adult unemployment to 3% within four years?the intent of the Humphrey-Hawkins bill. It would be inflationary and a nightmare to enforce, but less so than before it was recently revised. Carter supports the bill, but has serious doubts about it; in particular, he is cool to the idea of public employment...
...convention floor, the cool-headed Ford operatives prevailed. At one point, Reagan Aide Keene told a group of delegates that Ford's assent to letting the amendment pass would mean he was "willing to humiliate the Secretary of State." With a Cheshire grin, Ford Floor Whip Tom Korologos whispered in Keene's ear: "We accept." Then he stuck a photo of Kissinger on Keene's back and walked away laughing. When the morality amendment was introduced, the Ford forces were content to allow its approval on a voice vote...
...years. Under their grow-slow policies, the economy has been rebounding for 16 months, and inflation has been brought down to the second-lowest rate (after Switzerland) in the Western world. Not only has prosperity been restored, but the nation is at peace, and the cities and campuses are cool. The pollsters report that public confidence is on the rise and that Americans are becoming more conservative?suspicious of Big Government and the big-spending programs fashioned by Democrats. All in all, a nice backdrop for heady Republican success at the ballot...
...discuss their Peabody problems because of this pending suit. Yet they previously made no secret of the fact that they have talked to "more than 200 parties" interested in buying at least part of Peabody. Of these, only five seemed able to pay the full sale price-reportedly a cool $1 billion. So far, however, Cities Service Corp., the Tennessee Valley Authority and a privately owned coal-exporting firm called ICM-Carbomin International have either formally or informally dropped out of contention. While the other two-both syndicates of electric utilities-keep on negotiating, a consortium headed by Newmont Mining...
...more like Hollywood's first black matinee idol. Each week he receives nearly 8,000 letters, mostly from women-white and black-who love his almost boyish good looks and sloping fullback's shoulders. In Savannah, Ga., last summer the tactical police were called upon to cool the ardor of female fans who threw themselves and their phone numbers at Williams during the filming of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, a surprise summer hit about the black baseball leagues of the 1930s. Says Sidney Furie, who directed Williams in the 1972 hit Lady Sings...