Word: provenances
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...point, of course, in that the system has not kept the housing market going. Maximization of profit has not proven compatible with decent rents. Yes. Controls on rent do make things worse within the investment system, by inhibiting maintenance and construction. But should we remove them? Even the current increase has forced elderly people on fixed incomes and families without employment to switch to diets of starch and pet food in order to pay their rents, or to move out of their homes-and hometown. We have to dig deeper, beneath the tug-of-war between protected profits and decent...
...Crimson boat has already proven itself the faster against Navy this year, leaving the Midshipmen behind by 26 seconds in a race at San Diego in early April...
...that the U.S. would begin an airlift to take 10,000 people a day to Cam Ranh, a half-hour's trip by air some 200 miles to the south. But still there was panic. Even the so-called priority evacuation flight, limited to Americans and Vietnamese with proven U.S. connections, brought hundreds of people stampeding to the gleaming white U.S. consulate. Mimeographed consulate passes were photocopied and the forgeries passed on or sold to close friends or relatives. Even access through the guarded entrance to the airport became subject to bribes. By the morning of the priority flight...
Cooling Off. Sometimes Jimmy thinks he is already cooling off. The studios want him in his proven moneymaking role of Sonny: "They won't let you fall on your ass anymore." And he has been overlooked for an Oscar. "Everyone said you're a shoo-in for The Gambler - then nothing." Now he is not sure where he stands. "I have a feeling the moment you do something different, the way Brando has done, they're just waiting to hack you to pieces...
...Unfortunately, the differences on a number of key issues have proven irreconcilable. We, therefore, believe a period of reassessment is needed so that all concerned can consider how best to proceed toward a just and lasting peace." With that admission of failure, read to newsmen in Jerusalem by State Department Spokesman Robert Anderso. Henry Kissinger's latest venture in shuttle diplomacy came to an abrupt and unhappy end. After 17 days of almost continuous commuting between Israel and Egypt, the Secretary suspended his efforts to get a second-stage disengagement and returned to Washington to report to President Ford...