Word: lifted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there have been four of them in the past two years alone-seem to signal a riproaring, breast-beating debate in Congress on Government spending. But last week, when Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon went before the House Ways and Means Committee to request a $9 billion boost that would lift the limit to an alltime high of $324 billion, there was hardly a protest to be heard. The committee did not even bother with a roll call, instead gave speedy voice-vote approval to Dillon's request...
...lone prosecution witness was John E. Collins, headmaster of Newman Preparatory School and a former professor of English at Boston State College. "The book lacks any literary merit that might lift it up above the level of hard-core pornography," he declared...
Oddly enough, the U.S. also will do less well if the Europeans succeed in tamping their inflation. Europe's rising prices have made U.S. goods more competitive in many world markets and helped to lift U.S. exports to a record $22 billion last year. Says Economist Ackley: "There's no question but that Europe's inflation has helped the American economy...
Folding Tips. Like all delta-wing planes, the XB-70A tends to get nose-heavy at high speeds when the wing's center of lift shifts toward the stern. To counteract this tendency, two small wings called canards are set like large trim tabs, just aft of the cabin. But even the canards are not enough; as Mach 3 approaches, the tips of the delta wing will be folded downward. This will shift the center of lift forward and add directional stability. It also adds a hazardous complication to the plane's construction...
...shore up the economy and qualify Greece for continued Common Market associate membership, Prime Minister George Papandreou's government hopes to secure $900 million in foreign capital over the next five years. Last week the government got a good lift toward its goal when King Constantine laid the cornerstone of a $190 million industrial complex near Salonika that will be the biggest single foreign investment ever made in Greece...