Word: establish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tufts University Medical Center is considering plans to establish the first veterinary school in New England, a Tufts spokesman said Monday...
Before doing that, I want to establish two points...
Union and to establish closer and closer ties with the West." Shouted an unimpressed student: "Good try, Jerry." Two days later, Ford tried again, telling California businessmen that citizens of Poland "don't believe they are going to be forever dominated-if they are-by the Soviet Union." That only made the situation worse...
...description fits both Democratic Congressman William J. (for Joseph) Green III and Republican Congressman H. (for Henry) John Heinz III, now locked in a close and increasingly bitter contest for the seat of retiring Minority Leader Hugh Scott. Each combatant finds the circumstantial similarities irksome as he tries to establish his own independent identity. In fact, there is no shortage of differences in personality or policy...
...statisticians decided to establish the poverty line for individuals and families simply by multiplying what it cost them to eat for a year by three. Why three? Because a 1955 survey of food spending habits showed that the average U.S. family spent about $1 of every $3 of income on food. Over the years, various refinements have been made in the system, most notably a linking of the poverty figures to all of the components in the Consumer Price Index, including fuel and clothing as well as food. Distinctions are also made for price differences in various parts...