Word: dente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should be reinforced by an array of other policies, all of which should be put into effect together. No one of these policies is likely to have much impact on its own, but cumulatively they could put a substantial dent in the inflation rate...
...idea of starting a tabloid for the campaign to get news to the organization, and the request by Maurice Stans, the re-election committee's finance chief, for permission to eat in the White House mess. Haldeman accepted without comment the news that Political Adviser Harry Dent had counseled that President Nixon could break "without undue political flak" an unwritten promise to National Urban League Chief Whitney Young that the Veterans Administration would create $9 million worth of jobs for blacks. Dent had recommended, Strachan reported, that the funds be used instead for recruiting blacks "who can deliver...
...What do you mean, all these dummies? Don't knock a man who's paying somebody else's way through college.' Sometimes when I make something, I put a little dent in it. I like to do something to make it really unique. Hit it with...
Harvard executed well but failed to dent the nets consistently. Pinpoint passing was not enough to surpass the efforts of the aggressive Bengal offense. Starting Princeton goalie Bill Cronin also turned in a fine performance...
...commodity price declines have not yet put much of a dent in retail food prices, which are still reflecting the dizzying spiral of the last two years. But if the raw-goods prices hold around present levels, consumer prices eventually should at least level off. They would still be distressingly high, but consumers can take some consolation from the thought that the price upheavals of the last two years are not likely to be repeated...