Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skirmishing has tended to obscure the effective work being done by the CBO. Says Karen Williams, the Senate Budget Committee's chief counsel: "Before the CBO, we just did not have the figures to work with. Now CBO studies on defense issues have allowed us to take a really good look at costs. The same goes for proposed food-stamp and Social Security reform." In short, the information supplied by the CBO holds down spending because it forces ordinarily open-wallet Congressmen to face up to deficits. Majority Leader James Wright of Texas was particularly incensed a few months...
Americans' first-naming can have an expansive Jacksonian charm, suggesting some of the better American traits: a lack of social rigidity, an easy frankness. But after a while, the entire country begins to sound like a singles weekend: "Jane, this is Steve, Jack, Karen, Benny ..." Such relentless familiarity has a cheap ring. Americans do not need a Japanese system of honorifics, but they could stand to be a little stuffier. Just as there are still- possibly- some things that are not done on the first date, so first names should be held in reserve, for at least half...
...Karen M. Fischer, a member of that committee, said yesterday the group is "still getting reports in from all our areas" to determine if it has grounds for a legal challenge. The committee will decide on the matter next week, she said...
...amenable to racing tactics. His scanty schedule contrasts with Majestic Prince, who in 1969 also came to the Belmont unbeaten, but was a raced-out, exhausted horse. In a punishing run with Arts and Letters, Majestic Prince placed second; sore-legged and spent, he never raced again. Turner, Owners Karen and Mickey Taylor, and Veterinarian Jim and Sally Hill determined that the same fate would not befall Seattle Slew...
...weeks ago, 78-year-old Dr. Paul Spangler completed the 7.6-mile Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco in the respectable time of 60:14. (Twenty-five-year-old John Holewinski collapsed during the race and died shortly afterward; and 30-year-old Pro Tennis Player Karen Krantzcke died this year after jogging. Such deaths are rare, but exercise experts strongly recommend physical exams for beginning joggers...