Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were equally earnest about piling up big federal surpluses earmarked for reduction of the massive federal debt. Rising tax rates in boom time would retire federal debt, leave more funds for private borrowing, they held. Falling tax rates in time of slump would restore private buying power, bolstered by prompt expansion of federal spending on economy-reviving programs...
Rich Man's Dish. Greenleaf's first big customer was the U.S. Air Force base in Dhahran. Weary of unreliable local merchants, erratic deliveries and low-quality products, the base's procurement officers at first agreed only to a trial contract. The shipments were so prompt-and the eggs so fresh-that the farm got a year's contract for 12,000 dozen monthly...
...student-faculty pressure group to seek repeal of the National Defense Education Act's loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit held an organizational meeting last night. Attempting to prompt letters of protest to Congressmen, the organization during the next two weeks will sponsor speeches pointing out the need for, and potential value of, student action. It will concentrate its attack on the affidavit provision...