Word: lent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trip north to Oregon, Frank Sinatra lent Muskie his private 12-seat Grumman jet. The pilot, in some confusion about the schedule, landed in Portland instead of Eugene, and taxied around vainly in search of a welcoming party. "It's hard to make a speech here," Muskie quipped to an aide. "There are no terminal facilities." Once put down properly in Eugene, he attended a party meeting where he argued with a Women's Lib group about abortion-he opposes it, favors disseminating more information about birth control instead...
...Revelation. The U.S.'s moves had the immediate political effect of creating a schism in Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's long-solid Liberal-Democratic Party. Nixon's overtures to China split the party into warring pro-and anti-Peking factions; his economic measures lent credence to charges by opposition party leaders that the Sato government had tied itself too closely to the U.S. Sato, who had built his remarkable four-term career on that relationship, had expected to step down triumphantly next spring at 70, after the return of Okinawa from U.S. to Japanese rule...
...billion in potential credits from the International Monetary Fund, which the U.S. can draw on if necessary, as well as more than $320 million in assorted foreign currencies. This leaves some $10.5 billion in gold, but $548 million of that is gold that the IMF has either sold or lent to the Treasury on condition that it is returnable to the IMF on demand...
...about the lack of U.S. support. "Washington practically demanded that the Latin American nations put land-reform programs into effect as a condition for Alliance for Progress aid," said the President. "Now that our revolution is really trying to make land reform work, not one American dollar has been lent to help us finance...
When the shooting stopped, Ann-Margret's anguish did not. Stone pro that she is, she went ahead with a four-week run in Las Vegas. Pain lent a darker resonance to her voice and presence, even in moments of razzmatazz. Pain came through wild and pure in her song about Marilyn Monroe: Does Anybody Out There Love Me? At the end of the run, nerves shot and viruses acting up, she was rushed to a hospital...