Word: dente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...certainly can-and has. Though the economy has been drifting down all year, the slide has been so gentle for so long that the Nixon and Ford Administrations felt it possible to deny that the nation was in a recession at all. As recently as October, Commerce Secretary Frederick Dent asserted that the economy was only going through a period of "sideways waffling." Now, though, the slide has suddenly become something more like a nosedive-by some measures, the worst since the 1930s...
...does not affect the court's power to try him. In the leading case on the subject, the Supreme Court in 1886 upheld the conviction of an Illinois embezzler who was grabbed and brought back from South America by a Pinkerton detective. There has been a recent dent in that precedent, however. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a jurisdiction that includes New York, ruled last May that due process now requires "a court to divest itself of jurisdiction over ... a defendant, where it has been acquired as the result of the Government's deliberate...
...Fitler fiance last year. "She asked me to marry her," claims von Aczel. "I'm not going to lie. I would have liked to live that kind of life." Aczel says he was promised $3,000 a month for pocket money, which would have put an imperceptible dent in the Fitler estate, said to total at least $2.5 million. The romance began to fizzle, however, when Aczel injured himself while loading a lawnmower onto Ms. Filler's Jeep, and she refused to foot the medical bills. Moreover, says Aczel, "I slatted gelling phone calls. My apartment was broken...
After a scoreless second half, the game was forced into overtime. But once again the Eliot and Radcliffe booters could not dent the net, so the championship had to be decided on a dramatic, best-of-five penalty shot contest...
After Brown's kick-off, Harvard got the ball on its own 25 yardline. Brown's defense was impregnable and the Crimson backs could not make a dent. Forced to pass on third and long yardage, O'Brien set up in the pocket and looked in vain for a open Crimson receiver...