Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even harder hit would be Aroostook County, Me., a depressed potato-farming area, where a reduction of Loring Air Force Base to a forward operating station would cause the loss of 2,780 jobs. The state's congressional delegation claims that move would produce a $22 million drop in retail sales and a surge in unemployment from 11% to about 20%. Says Abraham Etscovitz, who owns an automobile dealership in nearby Caribou: "We're going to pray...
...first birthday party with his family in 16 years, and he had looked forward to celebrating with a home-cooked meal and a cake baked by his stepmother. But it was more an occasion for sadness than joy for Marine Private First Class Robert Russell Garwood, 33, the last American P.O.W. to come home from Viet Nam. Instead of a hero's welcome, he was greeted on his return by a volley of accusations by other ex-P.O.W.s that he was actually a deserter who had willingly helped the Viet Cong beat and interrogate American prisoners. Last week...
When Sadat spied Kissinger, he pulled him forward from the crowd, kissed him on both cheeks and gave him the gold Parker pen with which he had signed the treaty. "I have saved this for you," said Sadat. "I was going to give it to you tonight, but I want you to have it now." Kissinger carefully carried the pen back to his K Street office and sent it out to be framed...
Next day Callaghan went to see the Queen to ask for the dissolution of Parliament. Emerging from Buckingham Palace, "Sunny Jim" was his usual cheerful self. "I always look forward to a good fight," he said. The campaign officially begins April 7, the day Parliament will be dissolved, and it seems certain that a battle royal is in the making. "My troops are ready," said Thatcher. "They have been ready for quite some time...
...would say that the whole field has lost its international forward movement," Eckstein said yesterday, adding, "somewhat like chemistry...