Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more corrective than indicative of any major monetary shift. Since May, the growth of the nation's money supply has been at or near zero. Not even the Fed had intended it to fall so far, and the recent easing is mainly a counterbalancing measure to lift money growth back toward the 5% to 6% range that the Fed is believed to want. The buildup is expected to be slow, with no explosive growth allowed in the next several months, to counter the zero growth of the past four months. Burns stressed last week that "a policy of moderate...
...spectators. They were ordinary people. 'Don't get angry, Mister,' someone said, 'she's a whore'....The woman was obviously now going through a fit of hysterics. As they were taking her to the police station...she would sit down on the ground every five steps, scream and lift up her clothes, revealing her nakedness, to show the bruises. 'I'm a prostitute, is that why they have to whip me? It's the pimp's fault--I'll show...
With the stubby fins and tail of a World War II blimp, the 175-ft.-long aerostat has proved to have extraordinary stability; Hurricane Gilda's 100-m.p.h. winds last year barely nudged it. The helium inside the balloon's tough, eight-layer plastic skin provides enough lift to allow up to 4,000 lbs. of electronic gear to be packed into the gondola hanging from its underside. The equipment can receive and rebroadcast as many as four television channels, two commercial radio stations and the data from 5,000 to 10,000 microwave circuits. At present...
...people. Through its taxation policies the Allende government sought to redistribute wealth more evenly between rich and poor. By legalizing workers' factory takeovers, Allende moved to give laborers a greater say in the operation of their places of work. Through its land reform policy the Chilean government attempted to lift from the shoulders of the country's peasants the burden of a subsistence existence...
...Keep Her in Her Place" prize went to Singer Paul Anka for his tune Having My Baby and to Seals and Crofts for their Unborn Child. A "Discarded Older Woman" award was given to Ash Wednesday, the Elizabeth Taylor film of a middle-aged wife who undergoes a body-lift in order to keep her husband. Ad writers for National Airlines won a "Hall of Shame" award for their "Fly Me" campaign, and Playboy's Hugh Hefner, along with his competitors at Penthouse, Gallery and Viva, picked up a "Meat Market" prize for their role in "dehumanizing both women...