Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economic policy experience. Now the Senator will take a hard look both at Lance's banking activities and at those of the industry as a whole. The Proxmire committee probe, while illuminating the arcane world of big banking, will also set Bert Lance's conduct into strong relief...
...Secretary, a longtime advocate of government grain stockpiling and similar measures. Bergland wanted wheat "set-asides" totaling 25% of acreage. Carter demurred after his economic advisers warned of possible inflationary effects if worldwide harvests took a bad turn in the future. Bergland also preferred higher support levels, but agricultural relief has a lower priority for Carter than balancing his budget by 1981; no massive amounts of money for crop support were about to become available...
...most cases, what the average victim calls his "stomach ulcer" is actually located in the duodenum, the next lower chamber in the digestive tract. Traditional methods of treating ulcers have been of limited value: antacids, whether recommended by the doctor or the TV set, give only short-term relief, and some (notably that old stand-by bicarbonate) may cause harmful side effects. Bland diets-baby food and milk and cream-are unbalanced and unsatisfying. Antispasmodic drugs are of dubious value and have serious side effects. Surgery to cut out part of the stomach or sever the nerves that govern...
...that there were political and other constraints on the amount he could get if he wanted a treaty?in other words, the higher the price tag, the lower the chances of Senate ratification. Torrijos got the message. Declaring a national holiday to commemorate the signing, Torrijos mingled regret with relief. "In truth," he said, mangling some metaphors, "the treaty is like a little pebble which we shall be able to carry in our shoe for 23 years, and that is better than the stake we have had to carry in our hearts...
...couple climbed slowly to 8,100 meters (27,000 ft.). At that altitude the 747 flew over an imaginary hump, then nosed downward to pick up speed. At 7,230 meters (24,000 ft.), Haise fired the three explosive bolts holding the two ships together. To the relief of some engineers who feared the Enterprise might not be able to clear the 747's tall tail, the two craft separated cleanly, as the carrier pulled down and to the left. Enterprise, free for the first time in her short life, soared buoyantly up and to the right...