Word: meres
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Penny writes in her diary, not privy to any of this knowledge in any mere factual way, but already possessing the fullfledged instincts of her feminine heritage: "I will not want to meet Debbie Bitch. Why doesn't Nick realize this? I will hate her. I don't want to share Nick with anyone else in the world...
Nilsen struck out three and walked six in his first starting appearance. Frank LcBlanc was called on to relieve Nilsen in the ninth and retired the side on a mere eight pitches...
...Coloradans were braced for a flood of legislation to protect the environment when Democrat Lamm, 39, was elected. But the onslaught never came. Lamm has been too busy trying to protect the state's surplus, which for fiscal 1976 has dwindled from an anticipated $80 million to a mere $11 million; the total budget is $1.8 billion. Lamm has upset the state's teachers by increasing the educational budget less than his Republican predecessor did last year. To provide tax relief, especially for the poor, he has proposed a general income tax cut and elimination of the sales...
...agricultural economy. A bumper harvest last year helped to create a Common Market surplus of 2.6 billion gal. At the same time, French consumers have been cutting back at the rate of one bottle a head; consumption dropped from a total of 1.3 billion gal. in 1973 to a mere 1.2 billion in 1974. Complains one French grower: "Young people are not drinking wine like before...
...imports was exceeding exports by $5.5 billion annually, inflation was running at 24.5%, and only emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund and the German government saved the nation from outright bankruptcy. Today demand is slackening and Italian inflation is fast diminishing: wholesale prices in February rose a mere 0.2%, v. 6.8% in the same month last year. But the price of whipping inflation has been high. Industrial production in January was down 15% from the year before-the biggest monthly drop in decades-and the government reports that more than 1.2 million Italians are out of jobs. Last week...