Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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True, the 1947 U.S.-Philippine agreement stipulated that the bases were to be rent free, but it also included an under standing of military assistance and protection for the Philippines, which was later gutted by the Nixon Doctrine (Guam, 1969). Is it any wonder, there fore, that the attitude of the Philippine government now is, "If you want to main tain bases here, pay rent for them...
...failed to level with American people about the true costs of the Viet Nam War and refused to recommend an income tax increase. So the nation plunged deeply into deficit, and inflation roared from little more than 1% in the mid-'60s to 4.2% in 1968. Richard Nixon grossly worsened a bad situation by also using deficit spending and then clamping on controls; prices soared after they were lifted rising 6.2% in 1973 and 11% in 1974. Gerald Ford, inheriting an economic mess as well as a moral mess, pursued stringent fiscal policies that brought inflation down...
...doubts that Butcher, 42, can put money into motion. He spent more than $2.5 million to win the primary, and will probably spend at least that much this fall to defeat his Republican rival, former Nixon Aide Lamar Alexander...
...Jones average of 30 industrials, which fell 104 points in the last 12 trading days, climbed 35.34 to 827.79, The largest previous single-day gain for the Dow occurred on August 16, 1971 following then-President Richard M. Nixon's announcement of several economic measures...
...Wilkinson when he was still coaching at Oklahoma, completing his legendary record of 145 victories against just 29 defeats and four ties. The two men wrote a book on physical fitness, and later Wilkinson, then a prominent Republican, made Democrat Atwater his deputy on the staff of the Nixon White House. Like most people who know Wilkinson well, Atwater was not surprised when his friend decided, after 15 years, to return to coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals. Last week Atwater took a close look at the onetime college wonder to see how he was standing up to the harshest...