Word: dismissal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...values, as inflation rewards speculators while penalizing thrift. The ultimate threat is that inflation will eventually weaken confidence in democratic governments and institutions and prepare the way for sharp, violent shifts to the radical right or left. At present that danger seems vague, but political leaders do not dismiss it. Says German Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt: "I only have to go to the years 1931 to 1933 to say that the meaning of stability is not limited to prices...
There is no margin for artistic error or experiment. Producers have been known to come on the set to dismiss directors who fall behind the customary ten-day shooting schedule...
...either the moon or Mars. At the height of the Mercurian day, they may reach 940° F., more than enough to melt lead. At night they plunge to - 350° F. No living things could be expected to endure such a harsh climate; yet scientists do not entirely dismiss the possibility of some day finding evidence that water-or even life-once existed on Mercury...
...Smithsonian Institution, examined the film some 30 times and wrote Patterson in May 1968, "There was nothing I could see that could conclusively indicate a hoax." In his 1973 book, Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality, Napier explained his having told Argosy magazine not to dismiss the film. "In effect," he wrote, "what I meant was that I could not see the zipper; and I still...
...this week, then soon thereafter. Whenever it happens, says Federal Energy Chief William Simon, it would "make our job a hell of a lot easier. We will be able to supply industry with 100% of its needs and allow it to grow." Another immediate result: the Government would dismiss any thought of imposing nationwide gas rationing; the ration coupons that Government printing offices are still turning out would never be used...