Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some opponents charged that he was trying to be all things to all people, tailoring his positions to suit his audiences. There was mistrust, some ridicule of his strong religious note and his self- righteousness. Yet there was also obviously some appeal in the basic "trust me" approach adopted by the softspoken peanut farmer from Plains...
Government statisticians were quick to note that despite the lull, the economy is still expanding, if slowly. They note that the index was undoubtedly distorted by the four-week strike against Ford Motor Co., and also that its record as a measure of future business trends is uneven. Three times since 1948 the index fell for two months in a row but no economic downturn followed. On six other occasions, however, two or more consecutive months of decline in the index did signal an overall drop in economic activity...
...gasoline, diesel engines get up to double the mileage. From 1974 to 1975, sales of diesel cars (mostly Peugeots and West German-made Mercedes) almost doubled in the U.S., rising to nearly 25,000 vehicles. Although sales this year are down, partly because of lower imports, Detroit has taken note of the new diesel dazzle. General Motors engineers are developing a diesel Oldsmobile that is scheduled to appear...
...bonds. Says State Treasurer Rodney Scribner: "We've been scampering around and plugging the leaks like the proverbial little Dutch boy." Adds Millinocket Town Manager Michael La Chance, who saw two of his town's $500,000 borrowings collapse: "We're hoping someone will inject a note of common sense. Until that happens, it's an economic disaster...
...ride in a limousine by saying, apparently with a straight face, "I cannot relate to that material possessory consciousness." A Chicago Tribune dispatch from London describing the U.S. ambassador at the opening of Parliament explained that "his seniority admitted he and his wife to the front row." A program note for Manhattan's Lincoln Center characterized Dvorak as "a late bloomer, composition wise...