Word: lighten
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lighten any adverse impact of the aid program on our own balance of payments and economy." - "To continue to assist in the defense of countries under the threat of external and internal Communist attack." He cited the Clay report's finding that "dollar for dollar" military aid programs "contribute more to the security of the free world than corresponding expenditures in our defense appropriations...
...Chancellor is expected to ease credit restrictions a notch, lighten the 10% purchase tax on homes that has helped to perpetuate Britain's housing shortage. But eventually he will face the same problems as his predecessor, will have to try to maintain the pay pause-which the government now euphemistically calls "incomes policy." In the long term, Maudling hopes he can give labor and industry the incentives for the vigorous economic expansion that will in turn finance sorely needed school and hospital construction-and pave the way for another Tory election victory...
...plants-a 650-h.p. Chrysler engine in a 1932 Ford (standard h.p.: 60), a 545-h.p. Chevrolet engine in a Volkswagen (standard h.p.: 45). Front-engine cars had their engines moved back on the frames to increase traction; useless headlights, bumpers, fenders, fans and fan belts were removed to lighten weight. Gear and axle ratios were changed for more "dig," and bodies were "channeled" or cut down to lower the center of gravity. Such rebuilding is costly ($1,500 to $10,000), but the results are spectacular: speeds up to 175 m.p.h.; quarter-mile sprints in less than...
...most significant comment in the CRIMSON article is "Haley predicted an easier work load for tutors next year." Because English is such a popular field of study, the Department may wish to lighten the burdens of its tutors. But in so doing it violates Dean Bender's policies. The limitation of Tutorial to Groups I and II bespeaks an attitude that only the scholar is deserving, or even capable, of special instruction. Thus the Department would seem to be seeking out an intellectual elite, ignoring the majority of students, by and large those same non-dogmatically academic students whom Dean...
Approving the decision, Dean Brown noted that "the head residents were concerned about this omission" in the original draft of the constitution. "The feeling is that partly in an endeavor to lighten the load of the dormitory presidents and to remedy a confusing governmental set-up, the SGA failed to take cognizance of the fact that the presidents have the most complete information on what is going on in the residential units...