Word: crunched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...confidence before he faces the voters again. The price may well be continued antagonism of the unions. But just as U.S. unions have a way of quarreling with the Democratic Party and then supporting it at the polls, British labor may well close ranks. "When it comes to the crunch," said a T.U.C. official, "we'll all stand together." Even if that forecast is correct, there is no indication where the rest of the country will stand...
...Added Crunch. Beyond that, administrators of the Government's federally insured student-loan program can already see the bad news reflected in a spurt of new loan applications. The added crunch comes at a time when tight money and the failure by Congress to adjust the loan program to the current money market threaten thousands of college and university students...
...past, and anyway, clogs are unbeatable for the beach or for wearing in and around water. They also solve one of the livelier problems of urban living. Says Mrs. Elliott Erwitt, wife of a Manhattan photographer: "Cockroaches haven't got a chance. And you barely hear the crunch...
...last winter, Dick Cavett, the subject of that stage-door chatter, was caught in the coffeecake crunch of morning television. Up against such formidable foes as Dick Van Dyke, The Beverly Hillbillies and Andy Griffith -all rerunning for their lives-Cavett found himself and his talk program scrambling for ratings. While insisting that they liked the guy a lot, ABC nonetheless canceled the show. But not for long. Cavett is back on the network -in prime time...
...crunch" talk-the word was on nearly every banker's and broker's tongue last week-delights the Federal Reserve. The board interprets the commotion as evidence that its tight-money policy is now beginning to force banks to make difficult decisions about what to do with their funds, instead of trying to dodge monetary discipline by scraping up money abroad. So far this year, the Federal Reserve has allowed the U.S. money supply to grow at an annual rate of less than 2%. That is sharply below the inflationary 11% growth allowed in the second half...