Word: dente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sources have been drying up. The Nixon and Ford administrations slashed HEW grants and other government contracts; on the other hand, Harvard last year received more money from the government, corporations and other givers than any university in the country. The depressed stock market of 1973-74 put a dent in the University's endowment, but with the recovery last year Harvard's endowment regained its position as the nation's highest. At $1.48 billion the endowment is at its historical peak...
...hoopsters did manage to put a dent in Penn's lead when they reeled off eight quick points when play resumed. The salvo saw Hill drop a whirling 20-footer, Gary Ackerman connect off a rebound, and James sink a layup to make it 38-31 in a three-minute span...
...most other countries, wages have continued rising so rapidly that even the moderate improvement in business that occurred sent prices up sharply too. Many European governments responded with austerity measures aimed at holding down demand. Business quickly slowed, while joblessness remained high-all without making much of a dent in the rate of price increases...
...drum is undamaged except for a small dent and some scratches, he added...
...like the old CCC to put jobless youths to work on urban clean-up and build-up projects, and the like. He argues that the programs would ultimately pay for themselves by getting people off the dole and turning them into productive taxpayers. Remembering that such schemes did not dent unemployment much during the 1960s, some of his advisers are skeptical. Still, others think they can avoid the pitfalls by focusing their efforts on people who have at least basic literacy and the competence to hold...