Word: lowe
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Collins ran a low-key campaign, depending on his name and his progressive record (as Governor, he modernized state government, promoted industry and tourism) to gain him the nomination. He still has the edge. If he wins the second primary, in November he will face Republican Congressman Ed Gurney, 54, a handsome, telegenic conservative...
...been catalogued in a sierra of statistics. Central to any understanding of the subject is the "poverty line," a sliding scale devised five years ago by Social Security Economist Mollie Orshansky. Her flexible income line rises for large urban families and recedes for those in rural areas, dipping as low as $1,180 a year for a single male on a farm, and soaring to $7,910 for a city family with eleven or more children. The level for an urban family of four?which is as close to a typical situation as can be found?...
...sure, many who fall below the line are poor only by definition, such as a married medical student whose current low income is offset by bountiful prospects for the future, or the elderly couple whose monthly income of $150 in Social Security payments may suffice if they own their home, car and furniture. Nor does the poverty line distinguish between costs of living in different regions: $3,335 a year stretches a lot further in Gadsden, Ala., than in New York City. Nonetheless, the Orshansky measure, if anything, underestimates the real dimensions of poverty...
Throughout its long democratic history, Britain has seldom had a more unpopular government than that of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's - or one so entrenched despite its low standing. After months during which its vote and its esteem from Britons have steadily declined, the Labor Party last week suffered its most extensive and embarrassing defeat...
...head of the Columbia student strike, Rudd was clearly trying to shut down the university completely. He led midday rallies at Low Library, threatened to defy university regulations by organizing another demonstration inside a campus building, staged a confrontation with New York City police outside the university's main gate in order to challenge the ban against outsiders on campus. On cue, some 1,000 demonstrators gathered at Broadway and 116th Street. But there was no repetition of the bloody clashes that had marked the previous week's events. Police shrugged off the student taunts, and within...