Word: doubted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there was little doubt that energy was his deepest domestic concern. Schlesinger talked more than half a dozen times on the subject with Carter after returning from meetings in Paris with members of the International Energy Agency. One point he stressed: U.S. allies are deeply concerned about the nation's inability to cut its energy consumption. The whole subject, said Schlesinger, is Carter's "No. 1 priority." Carter readily agreed. Said he: "It's the most important domestic issue that we will face while I am in office." He thus placed energy above tax reform (which...
...presence at Geneva. As proof to the contrary, he read out an official text of the hitherto secret agreement. Dayan's disclosures about his conversa tions with Carter and Vance indicated that the U.S.-Israeli relationship was still badly strained. In addition, there was more than a reasonable doubt that Arab leaders, who are now studying the working paper, could accept it as a formula for getting the peace conference under...
...serious, This Harvard team has been blessed, and after encountering a little early difficulty will no doubt send the Tigers back to Princeton playing with their tails. Harvard 35, Princeton 13 and if I'm wrong, may today's tailgate party be my last...
...disenfranchised unemployed. Proponents of the bill claim that it would have minimal impact on the economy because most individuals currently affected by mandatory retirement laws would continue to retire at age 65 anyway. This contention appears dubious and in need of far more statistical confirmation. There is no doubt, however, that one segment of society would continue to work longer if mandatory retirement ages were raised: studies consistently show that those engaged in elite occupations--executives, professors, engineers--choose to work well into their 70s when given the chance. These are the occupations in which minorities and women are most...
Without a doubt, the best song on the album is "Short People," which has been getting a lot of air time on the radio lately. It's also the first song on the record and sets a standard that most of the other cuts can't compete with. Newman has some great insights about short people and communicates them with his own balanced view. His first lines...