Word: depending
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...children attending its schools. The invoices were sent on the grounds that the parents were nonresidents of North Carolina paying no state income tax and employed at Camp Lejeune, one of the largest Marine bases in the U.S. Though nearly four of every five residents of the county depend on the Marine Corps for their livelihood, Impact Aid funds there decreased 77% in five years from $1.2 million in 1976 to $267,000 in 1981. Says Onslow County Superintendent of Schools Everett Waters: "A lot of people think this money is gravy, icing on the cake. In reality...
...trust, and elBaz, the most militant of the Egyptians, could speak accurately for the Arab position. If el-Baz agreed to something, the other Egyptian aides would go along, and I could always override him, if necessary, by going directly to Sadat. At the same time, I could depend on Barak to influence Begin. Both Barak and el-Baz were brilliant draftsmen, fluent in English, and they understood the nuances of the difficult phrases with which we had to work. Vance stayed with me during these long sessions, and the four of us made painstaking but steady progress...
...told him I had drafted a new version and submitted it to Dayan and Barak. He had not yet seen it. I suggested he read it, but that there was no way that I could go back on my commitment to Sadat to exchange letters. Any future talks might depend on his and Sadat's assessment of my integrity, and I could not violate a promise...
...presidency, I realize that I spent more of my time working for possible solutions to the riddle of Middle East peace than on any other international problem. I have asked myself many times if it was worth the tremendous investment of my time and energy. The answer will depend on the wisdom and dedication of the leaders of the future. Only history will reveal if my hopes and prayers are to be answered, or if another round of bloody confrontations will ultimately lead to an international tragedy...
Come November, much of the outcome in the 468 House and Senate races will depend on the President's success in Greatly Communicating his version of economic history to the recession-weary voters. Not only Go Democrats who criticize his program for recovery have no better ideas, but "they" rapidly becoming the First Pronoun are responsible for the nearly four decades of postwar economic blundering that got us into this mess in the first place...