Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration. But that agency, run by the Agriculture Department, made its loans hard to come by. An applicant's credit record was scrutinized closely and his loan request reviewed by a committee of local farmers and FHA officials quite likely to know his real needs. These committees then kept tabs on a loan recipient to make sure he spent the money for the intended purpose. It was partly because farmers complained about the stringency of those rules that Congress required the SBA to include farmers in its loan programs. Neither Congress nor the SBA made the requirements tight enough...
...went with it-the brave new world of laissez-faire capitalism so abruptly introduced by Premier Menachem Begin began exploding before their eyes. The Israeli pound, shorn of its artificially pegged value, quickly plunged 46% against the dollar, from 10.3 to 15.2. Prices of essential consumer goods, no longer kept deliberately cheap by big government subsidies, began climbing in stages that even government economists predict will lead to a 45% inflation rate over the next 18 months. Yet no excessive amounts of capital fled the country, and a flurry of food hoarding ended within a few days. Boasted Finance Minister...
...Leaking is a form of whistle-blowing," Schorr explained. People leak information that will embarrass public figures, or implicate them in crimes or scandals; they do not expose "atomic secrets." "The real secrets are pretty goddamn well kept," Schorr insisted...
Norm has been going out to Walpole every week for over a year now. In October, after being kept back in school for three years, he moved into the 10th grade. His record has been clean for a number of months...
Young's unnerving counterpunches kept Norton off-balance and neutralized Norton's opportunities to land the big punch. In the middle rounds, Young staggered Norton with quick leads and right-left combinations...