Word: lend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Morrow does not seem to remember the famine during the early years and the food and supplies that were sent, primarily due to the efforts of Herbert Hoover. He has forgotten that foreign capitalists and corporations have been involved in the industrialization of Russia. He does not even recall Lend-Lease...
...proposals urge the Corporation to sell all stock it owns in commercial banks that lend to the South African government. The SASC also asked the Corporation to support or sponsor a shareholder resolution that would curtail companies' operation in South Africa...
Without a more thorough understanding of Kosinski's philosophy, such remarks, like the violence in Kosinski's books, lend themselves to misinterpretation. One smirks confidently as Kosinski confirms preconceived notions about his perverse morbidity...
...inexperience (37% occur in the first week of skateboard use) and "environmental conditions"-potholes, for instance. As a precaution against major and minor forms of wipeout, the commission is strongly urging the wearing of safety gear, such as helmets, kneepads and athletic shoes. Safe skateboarding, it seems, does not lend itself to hanging...
Arriving at the hospital, the investigators continued, MacKay was told by the doctors to scrub up quickly and lend them a hand in the crisis. Despite his lack of medical education, MacKay is described as something of a mechanical whiz. He regularly demonstrates products for doctors' groups, reads medical journals diligently, spends hours in his garage practicing surgical procedures with animal bones-and has "ghosted" for surgeons in the past. MacKay agreed not only to repair the cracked bone but also to replace the artificial joint. As he told the Long Island newspaper Newsday: "I kept repeating...