Word: owing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little more than a month, Edward Gierek is about to receive a decisive report card. When the party's 91-man Central Committee assembles, perhaps as early as this week, Gierek must persuade its members to support his plans for economic and political reforms. Since most members owe their jobs to Gierek's predecessor, the ousted Wladyslaw Gomulka, this may prove to be quite a challenge...
...accounting operation had been very poor," he said, "and we had a heavy debt load-from members not paying their bills. We feel that switching to the bank has improved our accounting process, and has also helped us financially, as the members now owe the bank, instead of the Coop, for their bills...
...owe somebody something here at Yale after my ego trip with 'Love Story,'" Segal explained. Surely, his recent notoriety has resulted primarily from that novel, a short, unimposing book about a Harvard jock-scholar and his Radcliffe sweetheart who dies...
...moment when your neighbor is burying a murdered leader is the height of cruelty and conceit. Undoubtedly there were Canadians who expressed feelings other than anguish when American leaders were murdered-but for those of us who consider you a friend, your words are senseless. You owe us a retraction...
...Those of us who have been labeled female owe it to ourselves to reap the considerable benefits, such as- well, how about these for openers? -the right to be soft and fragile; the luxury of having doors opened, packages carried, cigarettes lighted, chairs pulled out for us; the pleasure of being able to cry openly when we feel like it; the joy of giving everything of ourselves to the men we love; and (sometimes) the delight of receiving great loot like diamond necklaces, ruby bracelets and mink coats...