Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whether Park's visit will add much to the Koreagate picture is unclear. South Korean authorities have doubtless rehearsed him on what to say-and not say -about his activities in the U.S.; in exchange for getting him back, the Justice Department has agreed to drop an indictment charging Park with 36 counts of assorted crimes, including bribery, mail fraud and failing to register as an agent of a foreign government. But Park could still risk jail should he commit perjury in his interrogation; and Leon Jaworski, the House Ethics Committee's Special Counsel, is persuaded that that...
...decrees a red chiffon evening dress, and Tiegs, with as much modesty as she can manage in a room full of people, slips it on. Wearing ballet slippers and carrying a pair of elegant red sandals, she pads across to where she will be photographed against a white paper drop. She grins at an onlooker. She can look a 6-ft. 2-in. man in the eye. The red flower in her hair looks like a pennant at the masthead of a racing sloop. Ellen Merlo has said that the one overriding reason for Tiegs' appeal is that her sexiness...
...fact, the drop aggravates America's inflation. Not only do imports cost more, but U.S. exporters also collect more dollars for their products abroad, and so they sometimes conclude that they can increase their prices at home too. As more American goods flood Europe, Triffin hears the cries rising for protectionism. Americans often overlook the fact that the U.S. enjoyed a $7 billion surplus in trade with Western Europe last year. Because the dollar has become grossly undervalued, many American goods are "cheap" in world markets, and the U.S. is often looked upon abroad with the same suspicion that...
Pragmatically, however, the humanistic approach to social issues does not mean that individuals should "drop out" of the system, Seale said...
...added that even during the '60s, when many so-called radicals believed the "system" was wrong and had to be eliminated, it was impossible to drop out of society...