Word: equal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jumpers also failed to equal their previous week's output. David Rand did "a creditable job," finishing 28th, but coach Hubbard thought he should have finished higher. Hubbard criticized the judges' determination of Rand's style points, which figured in his lower finish. "Judging is an arbitrary thing that varies from judge to judge, and we felt David got shafted on style points this time," Hubbard said...
Cairo is planning to greet Vance with equal-if not greater-enthusiasm. President Anwar Sadat is preparing to charm the American in an attempt to build the same kind of personal relationship that existed with Kissinger ("My friend Henry"). The Egyptian leader is sure to emphasize that because moderates are now in the saddle in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Israel should take advantage of a unique chance to obtain a fair, negotiated peace settlement. Sadat will also want to press Vance for increased U.S. aid for Egypt's faltering economy...
...dreaded, tearful tantrums. Haines hastens to dismiss any suggestion that Williams' hold over Wilson was the result of romance. "I never saw the slightest sign of affection between them," he insists. Rather, he says, Wilson's acquiescence was based on his recognition of a political intelligence equal and, in Haines' view, perhaps superior...
...ancients believed that weather changed at the whim of the gods, and Homer's Odyssey contains several references to storms raised against Odysseus by a wrathful Poseidon. Modern-day meteorologists have established that earth's weather stems mainly from the sun. Each day radiation equal to some 17 trillion kilowatts reaches the earth's atmosphere from the sun and warms the planet, particularly around the equatorial regions, where this radiation strikes more directly than it does at the poles...
...proposals for what would eventually be called the Tax Reduction Act of 1977, his draft is likely to contain a major revision of the President's plans to lower business taxes. Carter wants to offer companies a choice: they could reduce their income taxes by an amount equal to 4% of the Social Security taxes they pay on each worker, or to 12% of the money they spend on new plant and equipment. Many Congressmen want to scrap both alternatives in favor of a plan that would tie tax cuts directly to the number of workers added to payrolls...