Word: outlooks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political divisions, ranging from Marxist students on the extreme left to Western-educated intellectuals, professionals and businessmen in the center to religious zealots on the far right. The mullahs, for all their abhorrence of the decadent excesses of modernism, have traditionally been political progressives and nationalists in their outlook...
...after concluding all this I went back to my editor prepared to defend my choice of a book to review. So what if I didn't get some of the jokes or pick up some of the fine ethnic nuances or understand the particularly Jewish outlook of the minor characters. So what, I planned to say, it doesn't matter because, you see, Levine is no mere ethnic, he talks about so many common experiences like pride and happiness, anyone can understand. The old Levy's Rye ad came to mind. You really don't have to be Jewish...
...outlook would be almost promising at this point, but for one nasty little part of the game that I've yet to mention--kicking. If you don't think kicking is important, just ask John Madden why the Raiders are never out of a ballgame...
...windfall by raising the value of petroleum they held in inventory. The later profits from price boosts have gone primarily to the OPEC nationalizes of the oil. But the companies have done a creditable job of maintaining earnings through what amounts to an oil revolution, and for some the outlook is so bright as to make Pocock's optimism seem understated. Once they pass the point at which the rising returns from Alaska, the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico outweigh the enormous sums they are still spending to expand there, the Sisters will probably confront an unusual...
...already been kicked up nearly 20% since January; last week major banks lifted their prime lending rate to businessmen a quarter of a point to 9¼%- the highest level since February 1975. A really tight credit squeeze could tip the economy into recession, but right now the outlook is for interest rates to peak later this year and begin to drift down...