Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...broker more than twice her age named Joseph Bolker. Nine months later, they divorced. Four months after her father's death, in 1975, she married Alexander Andreadis, scion of an Athens business family. "It is like being made a king for life," gushed Andreadis, who was dethroned by divorce less than two years afterward...
...they made their church into the biggest, richest, strongest faith ever born on U.S. soil. It has grown fourfold since World War II to 4 million members, including 1 million outside the U.S. Church income is rumored to exceed $1 billion a year, though Kimball insists it is "much less than that...
...word blowsy as a sharpshooting businessman's castoff mistress. The movie has more plot than Birth of a Nation, and there is no sign anywhere (save during the credits) of a panther; but those who have battered their thought processes through four previous PPs could care less: they just want more, if possible without paraquat...
...Americans living or traveling abroad, the dollar's week-long oscillations added yet more irritation to the once enjoyable experience of spending U.S. dollars overseas. At present exchange rates, a U.S. Army lieut. colonel stationed in Japan earns less than senior Japanese guards ($25,900) employed at the base near Tokyo. In Paris, where the French franc hit a three-year high against the dollar and a Coca-Cola costs $1.25, California Tourist William Warrell glumly observed: "I don't see how people can travel anymore. I really...
...wavering signals that the Administration has been sending out all along. The White House already projects that U.S. inflation will average at least 7.2% this year, nearly three times as much as in West Germany. Moreover, a growth rate of about 3% to 3.5% for the U.S. would be less than half of the 7% or more that Japan hopes for this year. To bring the U.S. into line with those two countries, productivity must not only be lifted, but inflation has to be slowed. More is at stake than just the value of the dollar. As one leading international...