Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...snowshoes. Benjamin Fernandez, a Californian who wants more private-sector loans to small business, will be on the ballot, hoping to attract New Hampshire's nearly nonexistent Hispanic vote. A maker of stuffed frogs from New Jersey has indicated his intention to run, or hop, on behalf of "lowcost government...
There was widespread speculation that the estimates will prove to be low. The figures had come as a relief to the legislators largely because unofficial predictions as high as $15 billion had been published. The President's approximations were apparently based solely on the basic commitments he had made to carry out the treaty terms. They include paying part of the cost of moving military equipment from two major airbases that Israel must abandon in the Sinai and establishing similar bases within Israel in the Negev desert. A U.S. survey team estimated the cost at $1 billion, and Israel...
When agreement came at the last edges of hope, the President let the world know with an announcement so low-keyed that it was almost not an announcement The deed shouted its own message without White House help or hype...
...biggest source of such assistance. There were many intricate reasons for America's subsequent disenchantment with foreign aid, but it became pronounced during the Viet Nam War. It was in 1968 that Congress radically slashed the proposed aid budget-by 40%, to a 21-year low of $1.75 billion. Since then, the program has been in trouble, chronically confused, steadily losing supporters, widely misunderstood...
Rowinsky said yesterday a contestant's supporters usually add some life to the ordeal, especially when the contestant's confidence begins to wane. "You're going to be immortal, Al. Very sick, but immortal," a member of Halliday's entourage said at a particularly low point yesterday...