Word: loomed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While inflation has been tamped to just over 6%, unemployment is still high (7.2%), and new economic problems loom. The rate of new direct foreign investment in Canada has dropped almost to zero. With its current account deficit now over $5 billion, the country may also be approaching a balance of payments crisis...
...week's events seemed startling in their sudden finality. July 2 declared the fact of separation. In another two days, on July 4, the Congress endorsed an extraordinary document, a Declaration that stated the Colonies' numerous reasons for leaving the imperial embrace. That date and that document may eventually loom larger in the American mind than what happened on July 2, for the Declaration, written by Jefferson, endows the revolt with a philosophical foundation and justification...
...JIMMY CARTER'S bandwagon hits bumpy terrain, the 86 delegates Chicago's Mayor Daley holds in the name of Illinois Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson '52 begin to look increasingly significant. The vision of taking all those delegates in one fell swoop by choosing Stevenson as his running mate, must loom very large in Carter's mind as he creeps towards the 1505 votes needed to nominate...
...ballet variations on the reel, jig and sword dance. But what Balanchine weaves at the end is a counterpart in motion for the plaid costumes. As 70 dancers-the largest ensemble Balanchine has ever used -march past one another in columns, one can almost see the choreographer's loom working...
...ghosts of the characterizations created by Grey and Minelli loom over Mather's Cabaret, and Don Martocchio and Katie Spillars have evolved different strategies for dealing with them. Martocchio plunges into the part of the Emcee much as Grey did--leering, bawdy gestures, demonic glee and all--but his supple body and fine voice invest his performance with a flair...