Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lift our-Jesse Jackson selves out of this morass, we must shift our sights from the superficial to the sacrificial...
...more successful neighbors. He notes that countries without controls generally have more stable prices-for example, Germany with a rate of 2.7% and Switzerland with 1.7%. Austria, the Benelux countries and even Britain have also done better than France lately. Although designed to keep prices down, controls actually lift them by eliminating competition, in effect turning all industries into cartels. Discount stores are far scarcer in France than in West Germany or the U.S. Since businessmen know that the government will usually give in to demands for price rises, companies have little incentive to gain an edge by keeping costs...
Last week Carter began an all-out effort at persuading the House to lift the ban later this month. Meeting at the White House with 14 Congressmen who favor repeal, Carter said that the embargo had "driven a wedge" between the U.S. and Turkey and "shaken very seriously the cohesiveness of the NATO alliance" (see WORLD). In a strategy memo distributed to the Congressmen, the Administration outlined a lobbying effort every bit as intensive as the one that preceded Senate approval of the Middle East plane deal...
Peterson has "attracted many exceptionally able individuals to work in alumni affairs and development, and helped to lift the level of support to the University to new heights. His loyalty to Harvard and his concern for its welfare have been a constant source of encouragement to me. He has now elected to return to his profession and his native state in a post of major responsibility," the statement read in part...
...Premier Bülent Ecevit, who is one of the alliance's more disaffected members as the result of a congressionally imposed arms embargo. However, he is expected to play his cards skillfully in the hope that Carter will be successful in his effort to persuade Congress to lift the 3½-year-old arms...