Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policemen or firemen have been laid off, but none will be hired, and the police academy has, been closed. The hiring freeze is certain to erase the 2.1% decrease in crime in downtown Cleveland, which Stokes' administration had achieved. Last month came the final blow to Clevelanders' pride: the city was left off the Railpax passenger route...
Population growth is a major concern in India. The population increased 21.6% during the 1950s and 24.6% during the '60s. Last week there were signs that the birth rate is leveling off at last. In announcing the results of the 1971 census, the Indian government noted with pride that the national population stood at just under 547 million, or about 14 million lower than the latest official projection. Since 1967, the government reported, family-planning programs have prevented an estimated 1.3 million births per year...
...crushing blow to civic pride fell when William Ford (brother of Henry) announced that he would move his football Lions to suburban Pontiac. Only the certain wrath of city officials keeps J.L. Hudson Co. from shutting its main department store, which suffered $9,000,000 worth of pilferage last year. "We would close the downtown store in a minute if we could do it without being crucified," admits one Hudson executive. With mordant humor, a banner at a recent press-club banquet asked: WILL THE LAST COMPANY TO LEAVE DETROIT PLEASE TURN OFF THE LIGHTS...
...will be shooting at the pride and joy of the Williams team-freshman goalie Matt Levine. In five games he has made 91 saves for an impressive .777 percentage...
...exception of a few teenage "cowboys" and bar girls, Vietnamese shun heroin, which they regard as declassé and crass compared to opium. Virtually all of it goes into American bloodstreams. In efforts to get Saigon to clamp down on traffickers, the U.S. has already offended the sensitive pride of Vietnamese sovereignty by insisting on stricter customs inspections...