Word: exert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wage increases that are in line with increases in productivity do not exert either downward pressure on profits or upward pressure on prices...
...scenes on which director Thomas Lee Hinkle has chosen to exert himself are brilliant--especially the church episode, which quickly switches from hilarity to bestiality, and leaves the audience gaping. Most of the first act, however, suffers from poor timing. Miss Reed's choreography is nothing special, but it serves the purpose...
...balanced budget, check inflation and meet foreign business competition. Said the President: "We must harness the energies of all of our people to the vital task of keeping our industry competitive and expanding our exports." Said Dillon: "Above all else is the compelling need for business and labor to exert conscious restraint in shaping wage and price policies...
...structure of the society; sex and prestige are accorded its members on the basis of their rank. In some bird societies ranking is specific and numerical, but among the primates it is more subtle and can be described only as a tendency of some members of the society to exert their influence more often the others...
...stays that way in Zeckendorf Property. Said Henry R. Moore, lanky director of Philip Hill and vice chairman of Second Covent Garden: "In the past. Father Zeckendorf has been inclined to take on more than he can handle." But now, said Moore, with enough British directors on hand to exert a veto, "we have effective control. Bill Zeckendorf may be management, but anything we don't like won't happen...