Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hour discussion in Gizikis' spacious office in the Parliament building was dominated from the start by the name of Caramanlis. It was apparent to everyone in the room that only he could provide Greece with the leadership it needed. In the public's mind, the years 1955-63, when Caramanlis was Premier, were the country's last prolonged period of prosperity and stability. During his self-imposed exile after falling out with King Paul (see box), he had condemned the mistakes and excesses of the successive regimes. When Caramanlis learned of the Cyprus crisis, he openly attacked...
...live democracy! Poison to the E.S.A. dogs!' When the prisoners-journalists, educators, politicians, actors-came down the cargo ramp, thousands of arms hugged them. Many of them were pale and undernourished. They were showered with flowers and smothered with kisses. The incredible demonstration went on undiminished for an hour...
...between these conflicting judgments. Ratings by A.C. Nielsen the day after the first session showed that ABC stations in New York City and Los Angeles initially doubled their normal audiences-but that New York viewers began switching to reruns of CBS's Cannon and Kojak after the first hour. CBS's share of the prime-time audience during its Thursday coverage was lower than ABC's the night before. Whatever the ratings, the live-TV coverage performed a valuable national service in giving the country at large a look at its Representatives as they struggled toward...
Onstage, wearing numerated football jerseys, work shirts and crisp khakis, C. S. N. & Y. work energetically through a grueling 3½-hour set. In between numbers the group confers in a football huddle, selecting songs by collective whim but carefully allowing each artist a chance to display his own material. Packed tightly together in front of the stage, teen-agers too young to have been concertgoers in 1970 sway in a mass and sing every word of Carry On. Older C. S. N. & Y. fans occupy stadium bleacher seats, many with small children...
...Government should also explore all possible ways to increase the productivity, or output per man-hour, of the nation's work force. High productivity enables employers to grant wage increases without raising prices, but U.S. productivity fell at an annual rate of 5.5% in this year's first quarter...