Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lights had opened up a full length lead by the 1100 meter mark, but there B.U. began to raise their cadence and close the gap. With every stroke B.U. moved closer, and it seemed as if they would blow by and retain the title they have held for the past three consecutive years...
...delicate balance of terror between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The developments are bound to be an important factor when the two nuclear superpowers begin low-key SALT talks next week in Geneva, in an attempt to work out a new agreement to replace the current, stop-gap measure that expires in October...
...begins gently, asking Nixon to characterize his role in Watergate. Assured but wary, Nixon defers. He says he would rather answer Frost's specific questions. They follow rapidly, as Frost turns chilly. What did Nixon really say to his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, during the notorious 18½-minute gap on an Oval Office tape recording made on the morning of June 20, 1972? That was only three days after the Watergate burglary, and the vacationing Nixon had just returned to Washington...
...weeks of every month on the road, he still handles the details of mailing and bookkeeping himself, avoiding the standard 50% syndication fee. This regimen nets him "a nice middle income," he says, "but not posh." It also nets him the respect of other journalists. "He fills a tremendous gap," says Washington Post Editorial Page Editor Philip Geyelin. "He tells us what problems look like from the other end of the telescope." Adds Phyllis Lamphere, president of the National League of Cities: "He is the link between the preoccupied Washington press and the local reporting done in states...
...rebuild inventories, and that will require more production. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal added, "There is every indication we will be reaching our unemployment target of less than 7% before the end of the year [The rate was 7.3% in March]. Pulling out the rebate does not leave a gap." Bert Lance, director of the Office of Management and Budget, warned: "I do not think current cir cumstances call for any attempt to make up for the current [spending] shortfall through crash attempts to spend more money...