Word: ende
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week's end, Desai resigned as head of the Janata Party, saying that he was withdrawing from politics. He was replaced by Jagjivan Ram, who served as Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in Desai's government...
...Delhi, the two rivals presented lists totaling an identical number. Each claimed to have 279 supporters in the Lok Sabha (lower house), nine more than necessary to form a majority government. Even as Reddy scrutinized the conflicting claims, members of Parliament were changing allegiances behind the scene. In the end, the President chose Singh, the leader of 10 million Jats (farmers) from northern India, as his country's fifth Prime Minister...
...lunchtime, and the natty old gent in the gray suit sits down, lights up a cigar and says, in that famous foghorn voice, "I must tell you a good lie-a real good lie." It is the story of a comedian who dies backstage at the end of his act while the audience continues to applaud, thinking he is still in the giant clown's shoes they see protruding from beneath the curtain. It is a good lie, one of the best, but is there any truth to it? "All my stories are basically honest," he answers. "But from...
...weeks has slumped to eight-month lows against key foreign currencies, sent gold climbing to glittering new heights, and made a mockery of the Administration's repeated assertions that the double-digit run-up in living costs would slacken this summer and abate substantially by year's end...
...hopelessly intertwined, and neither can be won alone. Earlier this spring, for instance, the Administration confidently insisted that the rise in food prices would slow sharply during the year. Though many economists still believe this, the Agriculture Department no longer seems so confident just where food prices will end up, and last week conceded that prices would probably climb by about 11% during the year, just about the same as in 1978. Unanticipated large-scale Soviet grain purchases in the U.S. market are part of the reason, but food prices will also rise because of the escalating cost of petroleum...