Word: ingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...influenc [ing] the identity of the players in the game by encouraging or discouraging some individuals... or groups... to participate in politics...
...them, sleep serves vary ing, sometimes surprising purposes...
...attrition" in March 1969. Lieut. General Haim Bar-Lev devised the Suez defense system as both a shield and a springboard. "Its day-to-day mission is to prevent a serious breaching of the canal," he said last week. "But the system can easily be turned into a jump-ing-off point." So far, however, only small commando raids have been launched. Heavily outgunned (10 to 1), the Israelis are also outmanned. A lone Israeli division faces an Egyptian force perhaps ten times larger, yet so far has dissuaded Nasser from attempting a drive across Suez to regain a foothold...
...showed for months that the Penn Central Transportation Co. was in precarious financial condition. The nation's largest railroad and its parent corporation, the Penn Central Co., are among the wealthiest companies in the U.S. (assets: $7 billion). But the railroad is burdened with debt, beset by spiral ing costs, tangled operations, a drop in freight shipments and the $100 million annual drain of unwanted passenger service. As a result, a convulsion last week shook the once-mighty Penn Central and spread deep concern among leaders of business and Government...
...part of yesterday's resolution, the School of Education recommended adopt-ing the same calendar year as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, stating however, that they would "welcome an arrangement made within the spirit of our action...