Word: propellant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peter Peterson, a presidential aide for international economic affairs, joined the sessions. Volcker and Speechwriter Bill Safire sneaked across Washington to the Anacostia Naval Air Station, where they boarded a helicopter for Camp David. John Connally, who had no way of knowing that the pressure on the dollar would propel him into prominence so soon, had just gone to his Texas ranch for a vacation. He jetted hastily back, and when the first meeting began Friday afternoon, he sat at Nixon's right...
...have not yet risen, but they are likely to. At an average 7.5%, they are no longer competitive with the yield that lenders can get on bonds and other long-term investments. An increase in mortgage rates could stop the upturn in home building that has so far helped propel the modest economic recovery. Further, the rise in long-term interest rates indicates the financial community's lack of confidence that the Nixon Administration's policies will eventually defeat inflation. A rule of thumb in the credit markets is that the "basic" interest rate on long-term borrowings...
Competitors will propel themselves in hand-made rafts along a quarter-mile course stretching from the Lars Anderson Bridge to the Weeks Bridge. Bill Lee '72. organizer of the event, said last night that at least five rafts will be racing...
...System. Holmes, Watson and the adherents they accumulate on their safari, drunks, outcasts and youth, signify all that is good and innocent. Such a thesis has formed the basis for many successful farces, The Madwoman of Chaillot, for example. But this lunacy in Manhattan has no imagination to propel its whimsy, no language to give it breath. Goldman is a dealer in used ideas ("The Bible has it wrong-Earth is Eden!" cries Justin). Scott continues to act with impatient power, but his messages all seem self-addressed. Woodward's real sweetness becomes ersatz and saccharine...
...exercise by beating the bejesus out of any blacks and Slavs foolish enough to stray onto the wrong side of the street. As young Hamburgs grew older, fatter and more sophisticated, the bonds of brotherhood held and forged a collective political power. The proto-mayor eventually used it to propel him into office...