Word: richer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...participate. Britain, Italy and Ireland backed out, at least for now, because they feared they might have to spend too much and accept overly harsh austerity policies to support their currencies, which are weaker than the mark. As their price for participation, they wanted more loans and grants from richer E.C. countries. In fact, Italy and Ireland may still decide to join before the new system starts next month. Britain will stay out at least until after next year's election, but it supports the program in principle and promises to try to hold the pound within the desired...
...society's brightest minds. Every country has its high-spirited elite. In some it is the marines, in others the entrepreneurs or professors or civil servants. In Ireland it is the IDA, which gets its pick of the university graduates. After a few years they can parachute into richer jobs in business, but most stay because it is a calling...
Actually, Rose could have been even richer. Atlanta, Kansas City, St. Louis and Pittsburgh offered fatter deals than Philadelphia. But Rose was friendly with some Phillies stars and wanted to stay in the National League so that he could chase down Stan Musial's record of 3,630 career hits (Rose now has 3,164), and he fancied the Phils' billiard-slick artificial turf, which will help his ground balls whiz past infielders. Perhaps most of all, he delighted in the challenge of making the talented also-rans of a town of renowned losers into a winner. Proclaimed...
...Since rationality dictates that we conserve our scarce and natural resources, we must now fully utilize our human resources. We must run our economy on a leaner mixture of capital and a richer mixture of labor," Henderson added
...rememberable kind of tune that is very easy to hum. The only thing that could stop this song from reaching the charts would be Anna McGarrigle's voice, which is the high vibrato that elementary school music teachers and maiden aunts usually have. Luckily, Kate, who has a lower, richer voice, sings lead vocals in most numbers. In fact, she easily outdoes Linda Ronstadt in "Just Another Broken Heart," a real you've-gone-and-broke-my-heard-and-I-just-can't-live-without-you song. Suprisingly, Kate, who wrote Ronstadt's big hit, "Heart Like a Wheel," didn...