Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when Harvard's string of 34 straight victories was ended convincingly by Penn two weeks ago. It became clear then that the Crimson could use one of the best runners in the East. Penn runners had said that the news that Potetti was not competing gave them a big lift...
...work. Already reported by the House Judiciary Committee: an Administration bill to ban use of the mails for delivery of unsolicited smut. Whatever the merits of the report, one thing is sure: Congress is not about to make the U.S. the second country in the world, after Denmark, to lift all restrictions on pornography...
They could give the economy a lift if they started spending, but unemployment will lead them to remain cautious. Board members expect the savings rate to decline only...
...battle developed. Hussein appeared to be faring well without help from the outside?though a helicopter stood by at Al-Hummar Palace just in case, ready to lift him to exile (probably in Iran). At 4:05 on a quiet morning in Amman, barely 24 hours after martial law was imposed, an artillery round shattered the predawn quiet. It was the tocsin for a barrage of fire from both sides, mostly in the dark at shapeless targets...
...Bank and bred frustration and resentment among Arabs toward their disgraced armies. At the same time, the war convinced the displaced Palestinians that other Arabs would never accomplish anything for them; the new nationalism provided more recruits than Arafat could easily handle. In March 1968, the guerrillas got another lift. When Israeli forces attacked the fedayeen stronghold at Karameh in Jordan, the guerrillas staged a creditable defense. They discovered that they could at least stand up against regular forces. Today the Palestinians have a new, bold self-image. "Cruel events since '67 have taught us one thing," says Nabeel Shaath...