Word: passingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter will now seek a tax reduction of roughly the $19.4 billion that Democratic congressional leaders have been telling him the House and Senate will pass. Further, he wants the cut to take effect on Jan. 1, 1979, three months later than he originally proposed. As a result, according to the Administration's calculations last week, the projected 1979 deficit will be slashed by about $10 billion, to a total of $53 billion, and inflationary pressures will be considerably reduced. In turn, said Schultze, there will be less pressure on the Federal Reserve Board to clamp down on inflation...
...recall the fright of innocent southern Lebanese villagers during the Israeli incursion into Lebanese Arqub area, a four-day attack in February and March 1972. That Israeli retaliation to fedayeen raids brought the largest military operations to date against Lebanese villages--which caused even the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Israel. Again, heavy civilian Lebanese casualties were sustained the following June when the Israelis staged air attacks on Lebanese villages following a renewal of fedayeen activity...
...lightweight freshmen did not fare so well. Sailing smoothly along with a few seat margin before 1000 meters, their seven-man, MacMillan, pulled a devastating crab--his oar banged against and broke his oarlock and he had to sit watching his teammates row and other boats pass by as the seven-manpower machine slipped into fifth place, 18 seconds behind victor Dartmouth; an unfortunate end to an otherwise unblemished season for the freshman and first-year coach Jon Brock...
...year later, Lazaros was arrested on unrelated fraud charges in Michigan and last week died of still undetermined causes in jail. While performing a routine autopsy, doctors found the missing ring-in Lazaros' stomach. Police assume Lazaros swallowed the ring when he was jailed. "We theorize it would pass through his system and two days later he'd swallow it again," said one. No doubt Lazaros thought his secret was safe inside him, but once again it was proved that you can't take it with...
Harvard dominated the game from the beginning. Surprisingly, though, Mleczko did not score the first goal. Rather, it was Carrie Cunningham who started the parade one minute into the contest, converting a pass from--that's right--Mleczko...