Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appalled at Kissinger's snide and demeaning comments concerning Nixon's private side. While Nixon was President, Kissinger enjoyed all the benefits of power and prestige, as he still does by writing about his White House days; yet now that Nixon is in disgrace, Kissinger administers low blows...
...Board, sanity began to return late Wednesday, when large institutions like insurance companies and pension funds moved into the market heavily to buy up stocks that other less cool-headed investors had been selling off at unrealistically low prices...
...some say they will scrutinize a borrower's "relationship" with the bank. Translation: if you don't already have a savings or checking account there, don't bother asking for a loan. Bright spot: student loans will continue to be available, and at interest rates as low as 7%. Bankers figure that cutting back on student loans would be terrible public relations...
Somehow, when stock market investors get panicky and start to sell at unusually low prices, large institutions like insurance companies and pension funds always move in to save the market--and pick up a few good bargains at the same time...
...would seem that the creation of a regional dumping site is the obvious solution--but it has met with vehement opposition from New Englanders, who fear that the low-level radioactive wastes are a health hazard. The federal government needs to undertake to determine the effects of the waste storage and the potential of on-site incineration. If, on balance, the dangers of waste outweigh the benefits of the medical research that produces them, then either the medical research should be halted or we should turn to on-site incineration, if it is feasible. If waste storage is safe, Harvard...