Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...facts of the matter are quite clear," Simpson said. "Student debts are growing at a very fast rate, and students feel their options limited...
...prospect makes the House very nervous. The question now is: Who shall control the cameras? Speaker Tip O'Neill, along with the seven-member subcommittee that studied the matter for the House, is adamant that the House should keep the cameras under its own supervision. Television, O'Neill and many other members sense, is too potent a presence to be allowed to graze freely amid such lush Americana. "I've talked to the Speaker of the Australian Parliament [which also televises] and the Speaker of the Canadian Parliament," says O'Neill. "They both told...
Whether all the Gutenbergs will find buyers is another matter. Like great master paintings they are thought to be a splendid investment, but usually only a very few institutions or individuals can afford one. "What can you do with the damn thing?" asked one irreverent book dealer. "These days the Arabs could buy it, but it would be easier to sell them a 10th century Koran than a 15th century Bible...
...enemy radar. Because some 350 tons of carbon fibers are now produced annually in the U.S. and abroad, the Carter Administration ordered that much of the NASA study be made public. It also directed several agencies under the auspices of the Department of Commerce to look into the matter further...
None of this will matter to the legions of Adams' true believers. They have for given him much before and no doubt will forgive him again. The surprising thing is that skeptics who do not want to travel somewhere east of Disney and who cringe at every gaffe and infelicity in The Plague Dogs may also be caught in the chase...