Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time in five years, told the CAB: "We were overwhelmed in our efforts to stay in the black." TWA, which unlike Pan Am has a far-flung network of domestic routes to supplement its international operations, has been off subsidy for 20 years and did not specify the exact amount of aid it seeks. Nonetheless, President Forwood C. ("Bud") Wiser Jr. estimated a 1974 pretax loss, without subsidy, of $47.2 million, compared with a 1973 profit of $19.5 million. Together, the two lines' applications could cost the U.S. Treasury about $300 million a year...
According to the NCAA's recent rule change, an athlete can now sign a professional contract in one sport and compete on an amateur level in another. The Ivy League, however, "did not embrace those rules," Kaufman said. Next week's hearing will determine the exact interpretation of the Ivy regulations concerning professionalism...
...ancient. The Parsis, as their name implies, are descendants of Persians who fled the conquering armies of Islam in the 7th century. Like their Persian ancestors, they are Zoroastrians, followers of a myth-enshrouded religious prophet named Zoroaster who lived some six centuries before Christ. Zoroaster's exact teaching is obscure but, as passed down by the Parsis, it is basically a vision of life as conflict between a spirit of goodness and light-Ahura Mazda -and a spirit of evil and darkness-Ahriman. The Parsis worship Ahura Mazda in the form of fire, one of three sacred elements...
Despite strength in other economic indicators, nearly every thermometer of national consumer sentiment has plunged. For the first time since 1971, a majority of Americans-54%, to be exact-consider the nation to be in a recession, according to the Harris poll...
...immigrants listing Cambridge as their destination each year. Most estimates place the population of the Portuguese community between 8000-10,000, although estimates including third and fourth generation run as high as 25,000. The population of Cambridge is about 100,000. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact number of Portuguese in Cambridge because many of the city's Portuguese residents are not registered, having immigrated to the city illegally, while others live unlisted by census figures with relatives and friends. But while no one actually knows exact population figures, one thing is clear: the Portuguese community is large...