Word: poore
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right thing for America. Imposing the arms embargo on the Turks was poor judgment. NATO must remain strong to keep the Soviets No. 2 in world power...
...post offices suddenly shut down and are surrounded by angry pickets, while tons of undelivered mail accumulate like the leaves of autumn. Stores and utilities are cut off from their revenues; doctors and other professionals are deprived of their incomes, the old of their Social Security pensions, the poor of their welfare benefits. Only when Americans are threatened with the loss of their mail service can they realize how much they and their whole society depend...
...accompanied the Congressmen on their tour. "The old elegance and grace are still there in the wide, tree-lined boulevards and the colonial-era buildings, but the place is badly in need of some paint, some renewal, some energy. The city is calm, quiet and green, but also poor, drab and dull. Whatever improvement in living standard there has been, if any, has not been dramatic. At night, Hanoi reverts to a kind of overgrown country village. Except for an occasional bicycle or a strolling policeman or two, there is virtually nobody on the silent, dark and lifeless streets...
...concerns of women workers; his union has two female vice presidents, among the very few women labor leaders of any prominence. Also, though he argues strenuously that wage boosts are not causing inflation, Chaikin hints at willingness to go along with pleas for moderation, if the Government protects the poor by cutting taxes and business restrains the rise in its profits...
...used to go to his brother's in a taxi to borrow money for his kids' shoes. My vision of Mario still is him leaving a building, putting a cigar in his mouth with one hand and holding up his other for a cab. Same vision, rich or poor...