Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...losing the 'A' and 'A minus' scientists to M.I.T. and Cal Tech," Peterson said, "and now we're trying harder to keep them...
...simile for divine existence, angels like the one who blows the last trump across the wall of the llth century Italian Basilica of St. Angelo in Formis are stern, unbending, and (literally) otherworldly. But the host of warrior angels that a North Italian artist, Guariento, painted in 1344-45, minus their wings and with a few adjustments of costume, could have stepped from some 14th century condottiere's parade ground...
...Davidson leads a more settled life now. He makes films for his own Anchorage-based company, Alaska Wildlife Productions, and has published a book, Minus 148, about the first winter ascent of North America's highest peak, Mt. McKinley. (The title refers to the temperature Art and two other members of the expedition withstood when they were forced to wait out a windstorm for several days in an ice-cave near the summit. One member of the expedition died in a crevasse during the ascent; Art was lucky enough to return to Anchorage with the loss of only...
Whites who venture into Soul Alley do so at their own risk, as two military policemen learned a month ago. Five minutes after they drove in at mid-morning in their Jeep, they walked back out-minus the vehicle and their weapons. The Army has known about Soul Alley and its deserters ever since the haven sprang up three years ago, and MPs have frequently staged minor raids and roundups. The incident with the Jeep sparked the biggest raid yet. But even if the brass cleaned up Soul Alley, its residents, rather like the Viet Cong, would soon drift back...
...With Strike Without Strike Strike's Cost G.N.P. $993 $1,000 $7 Real G.N.P. $724 $ 730 $6 Growth Rate minus 1.6% plus 1.6% 3.2% Unemployment Rate 5.6% 5.4% .2% Corporate profits after taxes $42 $44 $2 Auto industry profits after taxes $1.2 $ 2.4 $1.2 Consumer purchases of autos and parts $33 $39 $6 Federal deficit...