Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some people-nobody has a good estimate of how many-are not actively looking for jobs but list themselves as unemployed in order to collect the benefits that are available. In scattered cases, the benefits amount to more than people can earn after deducting taxes and expenses and thus deter them from looking hard for work. Says an unemployed Miami secretary: "My take-home pay was $135 a week. I spent $35 for child care, about $10 getting back and forth to the office and maybe $10 for clothes to wear at work. I'm better off staying...
...normally sleepy town of Umtata (pop. 25,000), the cold and drizzle did not deter the frantic last-minute preparations for independence day. Giant yellow earthmovers groaned through the mud of the Transkei's capital, completing $12 million worth of new paved highways and carving out access roads to the newly completed $14 million airport and a $2.4 million Holiday Inn. The immediate purpose of all the construction is to prepare for distinguished visitors. The only head of state who has so far accepted an invitation to next week's ceremonies, however, is South Africa's President...
Ford claimed that Carter's proposed reductions in the defense budget "will not permit the U.S. to be strong enough to deter aggression." Ford charged that...
Adversity does not deter Ford-he has lost too often for that. In his senior year, the Michigan football team dropped all but one game. While he was the minority leader in the House, Ford was defeated time and again. He does not brood about a failure, nor does he second-guess himself after making a decision. His mind just does not work that way, and never has. He is simple and direct, and by nature optimistic, a feeling understandably reinforced by the experience of his own life. Ten years ago -five years ago-it would have been inconceivable...
Though any loss of life is a high price to be paid in an operation designed to foil terrorists and deter further terrorism, the hijacking was particularly hideous because it smacked of genocide. How else does one characterize the terrorists' release of all but the Jewish passengers...