Word: mering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...native parts, Bell is esteemed as a good lawyer and an even better organizer with a quiet, can-do style. Born in Americus, Ga., a mere ten miles from Plains, Bell is a Baptist, like his new boss. Also like Carter, he isa country boy who made good. After attending Georgia Southwestern College and Mercer University Law School, he eventually joined a prestigious Atlanta firm. In 1960, he served as co-chairman of John Kennedy's Georgia campaign. After the election, he was appointed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
...gigantic cloud of gas and dust that is giving birth to new stars. Some of the stars spawned by the nebula have been formed as recently as the time when the human species first stood upright; the newest offspring are only about 100,000 years old−mere infants by stellar standards...
...faltering. True enough, a record 88.1 million Americans are working, and the nightmarish inflation rates of 11% and 12% that the U.S. suffered two years ago have been cut in half. But unemployment in November still stood at 8.1% of the work force, a reduction of a mere two-tenths of a point since the end of 1975, and the nation's production of goods and services in the current quarter may well expand only a third as rapidly as it did in the first quarter...
...Consumer demand waned because there was no money left from the 1975 rebates, and the rises in workers' pay−despite the big increases won by some unions−generally only matched or actually trailed price increases. Though consumers in the third quarter saved a mere 6% of their incomes, the lowest figure in four years, their spending was still insufficient to keep pushing up the economy...
...Wright has voted counter to the Democratic majority that he must now lead no less than 30% of the time, as against a mere 6% for Tip O'Neill. To offset these political liabilities, Wright has precious personal assets. He is a good listener, ever ready to help his colleagues. When he chooses to speak 'out, he displays a good command of rhetoric. Wright has defined his future role as that of a builder of bridges between differing Democratic factions. With a ready smile below his high-flying eyebrows, Wright has a personality that wins him friends among...