Word: occured
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Events seldom lead into each other. They occur, occupying the character's attention for a time, then recede into oblivion... no connections, little continuity...
...million cyclists, 1.2 million injuries are anticipated for 1977). Fatalities are still a skateboarding rarity; the commission has noted only 24 in the past four years, the result of head injuries or collision with automobiles. The major causes of all those accidents are not too surprising: inexperience (37% occur in the first week of skateboard use) and "environmental conditions"-potholes, for instance. As a precaution against major and minor forms of wipeout, the commission is strongly urging the wearing of safety gear, such as helmets, kneepads and athletic shoes. Safe skateboarding, it seems, does not lend itself to hanging...
...some drop in living standards will have to occur if the new economic policy is to work. One of its aims is to dry up excessive buying power in order to help stem the tide of imports. The cost of many foreign goods is expected to jump by a prohibitive 45% or more. On the less painful side, the government hopes its measures will stimulate local industry to manufacture previously imported goods, find new markets for exports and attract overseas investment. The Begin regime is also quietly counting on another blessing from a reduced balance of payments deficit: Israel could...
...called because it often seems to occur in only one side of the head...
...recently improved security situation has led many to believe that a solution is in the offing. Indeed, no return to self-government in Ulster can occur without an abatement of the violence, but the abatement does not in itself mean a solution is near. Political quietude is dangerous when nothing in a once explosive situation has changed. A persistent, crushing history weighs on Ulster, and it will not be erased with cosmetic political adjustments...