Word: main
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Former Vice President Richard Nixon, celebrating his 51st birthday, said of his political role: "I'm staying not on the sidelines but in the thick of the battle." His main concern, he said, was to see that the G.O.P. gets the "strongest possible candidate," and to that end he was "prepared to make any sacrifice"-which most observers took to mean that he would give up his law practice and run. Meanwhile, the Gallup poll showed him leading all others as of now. >Before Washington's National Press Club, Michigan's Governor George Romney was asked...
...dais in the main conference hall, the single empty easy chair set aside for Nehru's use symbolized the big problem that now faced India: Who will succeed its stricken leader...
...Main significance of the report, which was derided by some academic economists as painting too dark a picture of the Soviet economy, is that Russia is already "living on borrowed capital" and cannot possibly realize its plans for massive expansion of chemical and fertilizer industries without greatly increased credits from the West-credits which the U.S. Government clearly hopes that the Russians will...
Last week the main attraction was just a singer, without props, and reasonably dressed. But the place was full. Mandy Rice-Davies of London was making her show biz debut...
...invest in cost-saving methods, small companies will be pinched hardest. Hundreds of tiny subcontractors, many of them in the vulnerable electronics industry, will be hurt if prime contractors are forced to do more work themselves to keep their own shops busy. As for the big contractors, their main worry is that the spending slowdown will hobble the growth rates they want to keep...