Word: enjoy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...1920s were so prosperous that Republicans did little more than enjoy the boom and take credit for it. They moved closer to Big Business and pursued the twin policies of high tariffs and low taxes. The loudest dissenting voice was that of farmers, whose prices fell throughout the period. The era was symbolized by the presidency of the flinty Yankee Calvin Coolidge, who did and said as little as possible. The country, he was sure, could run itself?and for a time, at least, he was right...
...have Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan been unable to rally more national support for the Republican cause? Why does Jimmy Carter-an engaging but not dynamic man-enjoy a lead of 2 to 1 in public opinion surveys? Undoubtedly that will change some after the Republicans make their choice this week and voters are confronted with a real candidate, not just a possibility. Yet the questions continue to tantalize...
...sudden it's all gone. I'll never forget seeing all those families killed, and that takes a lot of beauty out of the place. I don't want to go back to Iowa. But there's no way to sit here and enjoy the view because there's nothing there...
...routine: a new school each year, but with a basic continuity; the interesting decade of the sixties and the new challenge of the seventies have been fully registered on the Summer School. I have had a strong, loyal and creative staff with minimal turnover in key positions. I have enjoyed the cooperation and friendship of members of the Faculties of Arts and Sciences and of Education throughout my tenure as Director of the Summer School. Yet, twenty years is a long time and I feel that a new regime deserves an opportunity to enjoy the challenges and opportunities that have...
...Syria would use its involvement in Lebanon as a pretext to take over the country or to launch a surprise attack against Israel. But last spring, after Syria gave private assurances to the U.S. that its intervention in Lebanon was not aimed at Israel, Jerusalem relaxed and began to enjoy the situation. Israeli officials now quietly applaud Syrian President Hafez Assad's aims in Lebanon as modest and constructive; a year ago he was routinely described in Israel as a fanatical...