Word: mering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crass measure of money and quantity, the exhibition exceeds even the Tutankhamun show now touring the U.S., the Dresden reportedly being insured for $82 million vs. a mere $22 million for Tut, with more than 700 objects vs. Tut's 55. Negotiations for this loan were initiated by National Gallery Director Carter Brown even before the U.S. and the German Democratic Republic established diplomatic relations in 1974. Also involved were the U.S. museums to which the show will later travel, New York's Metropolitan Museum and the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums...
There was certainly a sense in Middle East capitals that more than mere military hardware was at stake in the Senate. Declared Sadat: "The true value of the deal does not lie in the "number or types of planes approved but in overcoming a situation created by the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel...
...Police Chief Neit Nivar Seijas. According to this theory, the top cop, a veteran backer of Balaguer, panicked when he saw the voting returns running against his boss. Balaguer denied this. The army's interference, he explained after nearly two days of silence, was the fault of a mere lieutenant who decided, on his own, to safeguard the ballots after he had heard rumors of a planned coup...
...possibly entertaining. But these writers have an irritating way of implying that their novels are more than mere divertissements, that in fact they are pointing to the way things were, or are, or will be, and they indulge in all sorts of name-dropping to enhance the illusion of authenticity. Martin is by far the worst offender, since he begins with a nonfiction prelude and claims to report what is actually going on among the Cardinals; incredibly, the New York Times's bestseller list carries his book in the nonfiction category, where it ranks tenth this week. Truth...
...many new jobs to women-especially blacks-and the industrialization of the South has, been another powerful force. Half of all Southern black women who had jobs in 1960 worked as domestics. By 1970 the figure was down to 25%, and for black women age 21 to 25, a mere...