Word: mustering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...knows so well, greeted his proposals with a cool skepticism. Legislators wondered if the suggestions, in the eyes of the American people, would constitute much of the "leadership" and "action" that the President rightly said they yearn for. Even within the Administration, some officials found it hard to muster more than faint praise for the end product of so much public and private soul searching. Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns, who favored more wage-price jawboning and a bigger public service employment program than Ford proposed, said, "It is a well-balanced program. Whether it goes far enough...
Employing a full rotation of players, the Exeter squad had a fresh group in the pool the whole match. But a good offense is a good defense, and the Crimson aquamen maintained constant pressure on their foes to thwart Exeter attempts to muster an offense...
...experienced Northeastern unit's superior physical condition took its toll late in the going, when the Huskies stopped Radcliffe's attempts to muster an offense again and again...
Yale's awesome offense could muster only one first-half touchdown against Colgate, but clicked for 23 points in the second half to beat the Red Raiders, 30-7. A brutal Bulldog defense forced Colgate to fumble a record nine times in the game. The Elis are undefeated so far this year...
...keep a bill creating a consumer protection agency from coming to a final vote on the Senate floor. The cloture vote, 64 to 34, was two short of the 66 needed to end the filibuster, but proponents of the bill refused to let it die. Convinced that they could muster two additional votes, they asked Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield for an unprecedented fifth try. If they can prove they have the votes, he is likely to agree...