Word: particularly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voters obviously agreed. After his victory, Fraser expressed confidence about the future. "We still have substantial economic problems to overcome," the Prime Minister declared. "In the three years ahead of us I have not the slightest doubt that Australians working together will be able to overcome these particular problems." As for the top priorities in his second term, Fraser might be well advised to reprogram the government's dial-in telephone circuitry with a different sort of information. The result, which would be joyfully received by 357,000 out-of-work Australians, could be called dial...
...stocks so depressed? Analysts asked for reasons can come up with an endless list of quickie "explanations" for any particular day's drop: a jump in wholesale prices, a rise in the trade deficit, a threat of higher interest rates that would pull money from stocks into bonds. Last week, when the Dow fell 8 points, the favored reason was worry over a continuing drop in the value of the dollar on foreign money markets. All these factors do indeed have some influence, as does the perception by investors that the Carter Administration does not have a grip...
...Cuba, all five agreed, the party leads the Revolution and the church follows, dragging its feet with every step. The five Christians--one Methodist and four Presbyterians--saw the Catholic Church, with its displaced petit bourgeois following, as the most reactionary force left in Cuba. In particular, the Catholic Church and to some extent the entire Christian church, has acted as an enormous barrier to the liberation of Cuba's women...
...Company, No. 3 in the Nielsens, another sitcom about two women roommates-only this time the women share their flat with a single man. The night concludes with Soap, one of this season's few new hits, and Family, an hour-long dramatic series that is a particular favorite with TV critics. Most of the time these ABC series leave the other networks reeling. They capture up to half the TV audience, or 45 million to 50 million viewers...
...rehabilitation, giving the prisoner an opportunity to learn a trade and go straight; 2) to keep him from further opportunity to harm society; 3) the meting out of "just desserts," society's penalty for misbehavior; 4) the deterrent value-a reminder to citizens generally and the offender in particular of the consequences of crime...