Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point remains certain: if the British government is to retain its sovereignty, it must do so without the active presence of the army. The army cannot indefinitely remain as the major political power in Ulster. Morale is low, and Britain's will to support it is weakening. Though the British will never unilaterally abandon their political link with the province, they are equally unwilling to maintain direct rule at the cost of an endless army presence. The British are eager to see the army withdrawn--and seeing that delayed, they desire (in a sense) that it be compelled to withdraw...
...stay on the reservation "Not to coop. But we are willing to learn. They think we have adapted to their ways. But in our own mind...I'll put it this way; the white man had a split tongue for a long time anyway...they have never crawled so low as a snake...
...opened for business in 1914, the U.S. has more than made up for its initial land grab. It has managed the canal in an openhanded manner, allowing access to all the world's shipping, including that of Communist nations. It has deliberately kept fees and tolls as low as possible. Says David McCullough, author of The Path Between the Seas, a meticulous history of the canal's construction: "The fact is no power on earth could have done what we did. We've done a lot of small, stupid things in the Canal Zone over the years...
Currently, the threat of low-priced foreign competition also worries businessmen-and with good reason. The U.S. trade deficit is ballooning toward a horrendous $30 billion this year, almost five times the 1976 figure. The present drop in the value of the dollar-6% against the Swiss franc, for example, in the past eight weeks -hardly inspires confidence either. Unease about many of these matters predates Carter's Inauguration, but there is no question that doubts about the President's economic policy have increased the reluctance to invest. Says Willard Butcher, president of Chase Manhattan Bank: "Frankly, many...
...picture work. Singer John Denver is agreeable as his reluctant modern Moses, and Teri Garr is marvelous as a model of wifely forbearance, deftly blending skepticism about her husband's claims to contact with the higher-up and faith in his fundamental good sense. Carl Reiner's low-keyed direction avoids some obvious errors. Once Denver begins preaching the latest word from on high, the media get interested, and there is an opportunity to make the customary comments on the circus aspects of overnight celebrity. But Reiner makes the point lightly. Heavy preachment is just not his style...