Word: dependently
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether the upturn in textiles will continue much beyond the middle of next year will depend heavily on how well the mills manage to hold down prices. That will be a struggle. Synthetic fibers, which now go into about 70% of all knitted and woven goods, are made from petrochemicals, and could go up as world oil prices rise. The scarcity of natural gas, which is used in the finishing and drying of many textiles, could cause shortages that drive up prices. But if prices behave and the economy continues on its upward course, the textile upturn could accelerate into...
...gradually been reduced to an average of 1,000 a month this year. Those who apply for exit permits are subject to increasing harassment. An applicant can expect immediate discharge from his job, while facing a probable turndown or, at best, many months of delay before leaving. These people depend heavily on donations from relatives and friends abroad to survive. Gifts of money are already subject to an exorbitant 65% tax. But on Jan. 1, a new regulation will end completely the transfer of the dollar gift vouchers that have been redeemable in food and clothing...
...title for a not-at-all middle-aged collection) juxtaposes Booth, Lorenz, Saxon and Koren with Thurber, Arno, Hokinson and Irvin, along with William Steig, Charles Addams and Whitney Darrow, to chronicle a half century of the idiosyncracies of the American species. If some of the cartoons seem to depend too heavily on the actual social conditions of their time, we can rely on our memories and our knowledge of human nature to see their humor...
...president having been involved; and fimally, they both wish it would go away. A Woman's View clearly illuminates the intense paranoia, secrecy, and save-your-own-skin aspect of the Watergate White House. Mo says that no two men within the top positions in the administration could depend on or confide in one another. From the moment Nixon realized that Watergate was going to be something more than "a little problem," (or as John Dean said, "hot stuff"), the scapegoat mentality took over. Somebody was going to have to take the blame, and everyone was busy "protecting...
Maybe I shouldn't be the way I am, but there's no helping it--I need someone. A father. A husband. Someone to depend on. I have no wish to be independent. To me, being independent means being lonely...