Word: doled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found "an amazing lack of ethical sensitivity in the office of the presidency." Similarly, Republican Senator Robert W. Packwood of Oregon said that he considered Nixon's view of Government "rather frightening" because "there are not even any token cliches about what is good for the people." Senator Robert Dole of Kansas, former head of the Republican National Committee, was asked by a reporter if he would want the President in his state during his campaign for reelection. Replied Dole: "Sure. Let him fly over any time...
...traditionally Republican state. A shrewd yet kindly-looking man with warm brown eyes, Bob Docking was such a formidable vote getter that for a time he was unable to decide whether to try for a fifth term this fall or run for the Senate against Incumbent Robert Dole, who had the bad luck to be the Republican national chairman when Watergate broke...
...Unemployment rose to 2.3 million this month, including more than 600,000 without any jobs; the rest were on the dole because their work week had been cut back...
...Dole. New revenues from any of these projects would help to stabilize Egypt's economy, which for years has been wheezing along with the help of a dole from oil-rich friends, principally Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, to make up for the loss of canal fees. Furthermore, State Department officials argue that Egypt's investment of funds and manpower in reopening the canal might serve as a deterrent to future fighting around it. However, the Pentagon is somewhat less enthusiastic about the project. Military strategists point out that the reopening of the canal would give Soviet naval vessels...
...nearly $1 billion. Critics were quick to point out that the annual wage settlement sought by the miners totaled only $200 million. On the international money markets, the pound fell to $2.16, its lowest value ever against the American dollar. Nearly a million Britons had lined up for the dole. Said Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland: "I suggest with respect that Heath doesn't quite understand. The whole thing will collapse like a house of cards. He'll have a bankrupt nation on his hands...