Word: draining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drain on America's resources and energies from the Vietnam war prevents us from doing all that we could--and all that we should--to solve our pressing domestic problems...
...after serving briefly as John Kennedy's Food for Peace director, McGovern won election by a bare 597 votes (out of 254,319). He has since sought to ensure his popularity by fighting for stable farm prices and greater investment by industry to stem the drain of young people from rural areas. At the same time, he defended his wide-ranging involvement with broader concerns "We cannot build a wall around South Dakota and not take notice of what is going on in the cities," he explained. "A Senator who alienates urban opinion is of no value anymore...
...that were the extent of the problem, Simon could easily enough discard all the lines left over from the movie and substitute his own. But much of his own dialogue, in addition to being incongruous, is downright awkward. Too many of the show's laughs as presently constituted drain the credibility of its characters and situations. For instance, Simon has the doctor from across the hall at one point volunteer that "Experimentally, I took a trip once on L.S.D.--I had a better time in Miami Beach when it rained for two weeks." Lines like that and "I'm just...
U.C.L.A.'s Murphy: The job is a physical, emotional and creative drain. You have to be sadistic to ask a man to stay on more than ten years. A man makes his greatest impact the first six to eight years on the job. After that, he becomes more of a housekeeper and less of a creative force. After a while you even get tired of hearing yourself talk. There are nights when you want to say to hell with...
...costs. Thousands of small firms are expected to go out of business entirely when the full impact of the wage raises hits them in the fall. Despite exchange controls forbidding most Frenchmen from taking more than $200 a year out of the country, the flight of capital remains a drain on the franc...