Word: extends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alevizos said he realized that Lamont was plagued by an outdated system when he first came to the library in 1964. The system, which does not extend beyond one decimal, cannot adequately classify the broad scope of today's material, he explained...
...with a flexible system of tariffs on imported oil. To spur domestic output, Nixon ordered the Interior Department to triple by 1979 the amount of federal acreage leased to oil and gas companies. Moreover, the President asked Congress to drop price controls on new finds of natural gas, to extend investment tax credits on both dry and producing wells and to streamline time-consuming administrative procedures designed to protect the environment...
Compliment. Though interpretations of just how far professional courtesy should extend vary from one individual to another, most doctors willingly comply with the code. They treat other physicians, their wives and their immediate families for nothing, performing everything from routine examinations to major surgery. Some provide free care to medical students, nurses and hospital employees, and a few even offer discounts to clergymen...
...terminally ill" should have the option to "tell his doctor to put him out of his misery." Harris also said, however, that 62 per cent believe that a patient with a terminal disease "ought to be able to tell his doctor to let him die rather than extend his life when no cure is in sight...
...suddenly, speculation on the possibility of a fusion mayor became serious, as Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Liberal Party chieftain Alex Rose tried to find someone they could agree on. Rockefeller wanted to prevent any possible change-of-mind by his arch-rival Lindsay, as well as extend his iron-hand control of the state into the city. Rose wanted to preserve Liberal influence at City Hall by making the next mayor beholden to him. Both Rockefeller and Rose wanted to stop the growing momentum of Congressman Mario Biaggi, a conservative Democrat who was also the most decorated policeman...