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...commendable job of discussing inflation, but you failed to pinpoint the simple solution to the problem: return to the gold standard...
...court, however, they can weld into a formidable force. With Ernie D. directing traffic and starting plays with pinpoint passes behind his back and through his legs, McMillian and McAdoo dropping in soft 15-ft. jump shots, Smith darting through the defense to score on lay-ups and Heard outmus-cling opponents to grab rebounds, the Braves are averaging 111.6 points a game-the best offensive record in the league. (Statistically, they rank near the bottom of the league, allowing 111 points.) Jack Marin, one of the best shooters in the game, can come off the bench to pour...
...third of the immigrants listing Cambridge as their destination each year. Most estimates place the population of the Portuguese community between 8000-10,000, although estimates including third and fourth generation run as high as 25,000. The population of Cambridge is about 100,000. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact number of Portuguese in Cambridge because many of the city's Portuguese residents are not registered, having immigrated to the city illegally, while others live unlisted by census figures with relatives and friends. But while no one actually knows exact population figures, one thing is clear: the Portuguese...
...There was no Damascus Road sort of thing," he says now, as he tries to pinpoint when he decided to become a clergyman. "No lonely walk where I suddenly saw a light and recognized my calling. Rather than one, a whole series of events over a period of time literally ganged up on me until I concluded that there was no better way to use what gifts I had to meet the opportunities available...
...Nixon, the Senate Watergate committee in January authorized its members to send written inquiries to the President. Last week Republican Lowell Weicker, one of the committee's most persistent interrogators, became the first to do so. His questions, supplemented by numerous citations from presidential statements and public testimony, pinpoint weaknesses in Nixon's position on Watergate. It is unlikely, however, that the President will reply. Among the most pointed of Weicker's eleven queries...