Word: levering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that is all lever knew, Or wish to know, about the shrew...
...other key posts Anthony Wedgwood Benn, 48, resumed his old responsibilities as Minister for Industry; Shirley Williams, 43, was given a new portfolio of Prices and Consumer Protection; and Roy Mason, 49, becomes Defense Secretary. As his personal economic adviser, Wilson chose millionaire Socialist Harold Lever, 60, who is known and respected in international financial circles...
...great Greek scientist Archimedes, the study of mathematics and physics meant far more than pure scholarship. Imaginative application of the laws he worked out led to eminently practical inventions-from contrivances employing the lever to an ingenious steam-powered cannon. Perhaps his most remarkable contribution to weaponry, according to Lucian, Plutarch and other ancient writers, was a "burning glass" that focused the sun's rays to set fire to Roman ships besieging his home town of Syracuse around 214 B.C. Exactly how Archimedes managed this spectacular use of solar power has long been the subject of scholarly debate. Many...
...before Congress, but it is having tough going. Reason: it would hit consumers with higher prices, and congressional opponents argue that it would bring a windfall to producers and pipeline companies. Still, the Federal Power Commission will have to permit higher prices while preserving some regulation as a lever...
Equally important, Hanrahan so angered black Chicagoans--most of whom had always voted straight Democratic--that they split their tickets last year. The Daley machine depends on unthinking voters who pull the lever for the straight ticket; Hanrahan taught the voters to think. Few acts could hurt Mayor Daley more...