Word: occured
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Given the pre-season cautiousness, though, how did the buildup of today's confrontation between the Crimson and the strong Tigers occur? How has Harvard managed to stay unbeaten in six meets against tough opposition...
Otto Eckstein, head of Data Resources Inc., a private forecasting firm, observes that the budget assumes the recovery will be kept going in 1977 by a bigger and faster surge in private demand, and particularly in business spending for new plant and equipment, than he believes will occur. David Grove, a nonpartisan vice president of IBM, agrees: "For the past two or three years, the economic and political situation has been so unstable that it is very hard for business firms to determine what degree of risk is prudent in any investment project." If the Ford budget is adopted...
Right at the outset, a veteran charter fisherman, Nichol Dance (Warren Gates), threatens to kill his upstart competitor Tom Skelton (Peter Fonda). The remainder of 92 in the Shade is spent waiting for this inauspicious event to occur. Neither Dance nor Skelton pays any mind to fate or fortune, an attitude that makes for short suspense. This did not matter quite so much in Thomas McGuane's novel, which went heavy on atmosphere, but it pretty thoroughly confounds any movie adaptation, including, sad to say, the author...
...consider Bell's claim, but by a unanimous vote decided that senatorial vanity was indeed exceeding the bounds of modesty. Henceforth, ruled the committee, the pronouns "I," "he" and "his," as well as "the Senator" or the word "Senator" followed by the officeholder's name, may occur no more than five times per page on franked newsletters...
...sometimes makes a surgical incision to relieve pressure. But he warns his fellow doctors against more drastic measures, especially premature amputation. "Keep your hands off," he says sternly, "and don't be discouraged by the appearance of the injury: clean, healthy tissue may be forming below." Unless complications occur, Mills adds, this cautious approach to frostbite usually ensures the victim's recovery in only weeks...