Word: extended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...author's capacity for developing his characters' humanity forces the reader to empathize with all of them--the wealthy white Europeans, black African cab drivers or Asian shopkeepers. His humanity does not extend, however, to his women characters--nymphomaniacs on whom he vindictively inflicts sexual abuse and mutilation...
...importing now and considerably more than it brought in last year, when the start of shipments from Alaska temporarily held down imports. But it would be a low enough ceiling to force curtailment of some cherished petroleum-wasting habits such as lavish outdoor lighting displays, and it might extend or worsen the present prospects of recession. The Europeans accepted the principle of setting country-by-country limits, and of applying them to consumption as well as imports, but held off actually working them out until after a meeting of the nine-nation European Community later this year...
Amid fistfights and catcalls at a tumultuous joint session, the Turkish Parliament last week voted 319 to 252 to extend martial law for two months in 19 provinces. Under the circumstances, the margin of victory was surprisingly high: only two days earlier, the government of Premier Bülent Ecevit narrowly survived a censure vote by boycotting a session of the lower house, thereby preventing a quorum. With just 209 seats in the 450-member lower house, Ecevit's Republican People's Party depends on the uncertain support of independents to maintain a slim majority. Meanwhile, Ecevit...
...dustup had its serious side: the increasingly acerbic Carter-Kennedy rivalry is coloring important national issues. Last week's example was the key question of how the nation can extend adequate health care to every American at something resembling an affordable cost...
...verification, Smith said that though the Soviets might get away with some cheating, it would not be very important. "The Soviets have a class of sea-launched cruise missiles. They could covertly extend those missiles' range. But the significance of their being able to do that is very small. You can go down to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and see the U.S. class of cruise missiles that the Soviets have. They're like our Snarks, which are outside in the rain; we've taken them out of our force because they are inefficient...