Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...measure in the Commons by 28 votes. A defeat on such an important question, while it did not constitutionally require the government to resign, immediately called into question its future existence. Wilson cancelled his birthday party Friday and made the Labour leftists see the light. Although it had to resort to the expedient of bringing in MP's on stretchers, the Wilson government won in a replay of the budget battle and assured its short term survival. In the course of the debate, Healy had morally offended many of the hard core leftists, known as the Tribune group...
Eterna is a Swiss watch manufacturer with an established reputation largely due to the excellence of its "Eternamatic" movement. I suspect this is the wristwatch that Mr. Brezhnev owned. But chrome-plated? We would never resort to such plating, as our customers are entitled to better...
Arriving in Venezuela on the first stop of his tour, Kissinger lost no time outlining a detailed American program for dealing with these issues. Addressing a symposium of diplomats, academics and businessmen in the seaside resort of Caraballeda, Kissinger promised U.S. action in six areas. These include greater U.S. aid through the International Monetary Fund and the Inter-American Development Bank, help in stabilizing commodity prices, and cooperation with the Latin American Economic System (SELA), a plan for regional economic cooperation founded last year...
...rise has brought a return of almost forgotten prosperity to some of the nation's remote poor towns. For example, in Beckley, W. Va. (pop. 14,000), brand-new Cadillacs line the streets, two new shopping centers have risen outside town and a resort community has opened in the rolling country beyond. And that may be just the start of the boom, which could extend to many other communities. President Ford has called for a doubling of coal output...
...small breakfast and then writes until 3 p.m., pausing only to consume a boiled egg for lunch. Next comes 30 to 45 minutes of weight lifting, a daily regimen to keep his 6-ft. frame tolerably within range of 180 Ibs. When this fails, he adopts a last resort: holing up in a hotel where he hates the food. Vidal manifests an unembarrassed narcissism about his appearance. "When I was a little boy," he says, "I looked just like the Gores -blond and pig-nosed. But growing older, I've grown more Vidal." He cannot resist a final Roman...