Word: leading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...invited to the retreat and his guests later reported that he was in a buoyant mood. In Washington, however, some Government officials were calling the domestic summit a watershed in the Carter presidency, a last chance to reverse the widespread impression that he is simply not competent to lead the nation. Said one Cabinet officer of the President's political advisers: "They're scared...
...spacecraft will break up into approximately 500 pieces, with most weighing less than ten pounds, NASA officials said. However, the air lock shroud weighs 3900 pounds and the lead film safe weighs 5100 pounds. Both objects are likely to strike the earth at speeds greater than 260 miles per hour...
Dusk is just settling over the paddies and poultry farms along the Shum Chun River as Captain David Thomas, 27, and his squad begin their daily rounds. Floodlights soon snap on and illuminate the terraces of barbed wire and cyclone fencing that lead down to the river. Thomas, a veteran of British service in Northern Ireland, suddenly spots movement through his "starlight scope...
...page opinion, Chief Judge Irving R. Kaufman of the appeals court said that the fact that Kodak dominated its field was no reason to penalize it for having taken the lead with the 110 system. "The mere possession of monopoly power does not ipso facto condemn a market participant," Kaufman wrote. Moreover, he added, "the first firm, even a monopolist, to design a new camera format has a right to the lead time that follows from its success...
...harvests and rising prices. The key reason for the price surge: widespread expectations in the commodity markets that the Soviet Union may go on another grain-buying binge, in part to make up for an expectedly poor crop this year. That could cause worldwide demand to outstrip production and lead to shortages. Such speculation has driven up prices for corn, wheat and other grains by prompting buyers-domestic and foreign-to increase their orders as a hedge against being caught short...