Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ostensibly left Gandhi in protest over her failure to completely lift emergency rule, but insiders report that his defection was largely the result of internal maneuverings between Ram and the Prime Minister's son, Sanjay Gandhi. The 30-year-old Sanjay has begun to amass significant power as a behind-the-scenes actor in his mother's camp. After the elections, it is very likely that several dozen members of parliament will owe their seats in some way to the machinations of Sanjay. It is also believed that he forced Ram out of the cabinet to prepare the powerful agriculture...
...impression that he was overwhelmed with work and, when the time came for us to go off, he collected them and put them back in their place...On very rare occasions he locked himself into his room. Sometimes my colleague and I looked through the keyhole. We saw him lift up his hands like an actor, and put on a strange expression as if in ecstasy, then he would bend down to write something. It was the moment of inspiration. Naturally we found it funny and we giggled. How were we to imagine that one day Mr. Cavafy would...
...substantially. Critics contend that it will require a big permanent reduction in individual income taxes, not a mere $50 per person, to persuade consumers to buy big-ticket items such as major household appliances, cars and houses. Government economists insist that the rebates should be enough to boost demand, lift production and put more people to work. Moreover, the rebate has the advantage of being temporary, and the Administration has no intention of permanently losing current tax revenue that could later be used for new social programs...
...hardship on the opposition. But I am sure that the sudden declaration of an election will benefit not the Prime Minister but the nation." Declared Piloo Mody, secretary of the Indian People's Party: "I am happy about the long overdue election. I hope the government will lift the emergency and put MISA [Maintenance of Internal Security Act] in cold storage...
...solve the problems together. The crowded political center would probably not hold, people would turn in other directions for solutions and perhaps to other people with the wrong kind of big ideas. The important thing is that the crucial process of transatlantic consultation has started again. Your visit will lift the spirits enormously, and that is important in itself...