Word: leading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will fail to suffer from these extraordinary increases," proclaimed Jimmy Carter, with only mild hyperbole. He and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and West Germany issued a communiqué spelling out why: "Unwarranted rises in oil prices mean more worldwide inflation and less [economic] growth. That will lead to more unemployment, more balance of payments difficulty, and [will] endanger stability. We deplore the [OPEC] decision...
...lowering of living standards. In the immediate future, the U.S. most likely will be able to accomplish its goal of holding imports to 8.5 million bbl. per day only by taking one of two harsh steps: either rationing gasoline or eliminating price controls on it. The former would lead to a bureaucratic mess; the latter would probably aggravate inflation. The choice is hard. But, as in so many matters in the crisis caused by OPEC, there is no middle ground...
...games out of first place; the Yankees are an even 10 games behind the Orioles, and the resurrection of Billy Martin has not guaranteed New York its 1979 baseball kingdom. But still, there are lingering afterthoughts of the Red Sox in 1978, of that awesome 14 game lead at the beginning of September...
That was bad enough, but conservatives also feared that questions about things like Adam and Eve would lead to loss of faith in biblical accounts of Jesus Christ. One author cites a 1976 survey at the seminary in Louisville in which nearly one-fourth of the students polled thought it was probably or definitely not true that Jesus walked on water or was virgin-born...
...offstage, ever willing to sacrifice Spaniards to German and Soviet causes. Contradiction is the order of the day: "How do you explain that?" inquires a woman. "?Dios mio! The people who destroy holy images kiss them." On the left, a father and son have their own civil war and lead separate socialist organizations. Yet throughout, the reader is struck by the dignity and character of ordinary people who endured and prevailed. Theirs is the Blood of Spain, and their total recall is more valuable than any number of academic speculations. The death of Generalissimo Franco has loosened tongues. Doubtless, many...