Word: fact
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jimmy Carter has surely marked that fact on his foreign policy agenda...
...increasingly skeptical of America's resolve to safeguard the Arc, and, according to some unconfirmed reports, has opened discreet diplomatic channels to Moscow. There is little chance that so virulent an anti-Communist state as Saudi Arabia would seriously consider any accommodation with the Soviets, but the very fact that it is talked about at all produces understandable concern in Washington...
...their cash into one breadbasket seems remote, and the scare stories are based on phony evidence or plain prejudice. When asked to back up his claim that "thousands and thousands of acres are being bought up," California State Assemblyman John Thurman cited one "foreign" farm in California; in fact, it is owned by an American of Iranian descent. Under questioning, Tom Harkin admitted that foreign land buying "has not yet affected Iowa...
...fact land prices have been climbing steeply, but almost wholly because of demand by Americans. While farmers justifiably complain that the price increase has kicked up their property taxes, it has also added much to their property values, enhancing their estates. For farmers to complain about that is as illogical as homeowners carping because outsiders are moving in and bidding up land and housing values in their neighborhoods...
...vote on the Reserve Board could be critical in deciding whether to increase the risk of recession by letting borrowing costs continue to go up. Teeters is one of the few women economists who say that they did not encounter any discrimination in their rise to the top. "In fact," Teeters asserts, "while I was having three children, the Fed even created a part-time job so that I could continue working...