Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Because we would immediately be accused of provocative conduct involving a high risk of war. If we started engaging in the sort of activities in Eastern Europe that the Soviets have engaged in in Africa, first it would lead to bloody repression, and second we would be accused of fomenting the risk...
...Howard Baker insists that judgment should be first but politics a close second. That means some solid whacks, as well as support in critical times. Baker was the one who labeled Carter "a yellow-pad President" and suggested that while the President "was saying the right things, I'm not sure he can make them happen." Politics, Baker believes, is results, though even he sometimes pauses to make a few notes. They are always brief enough to go on the backs of envelopes...
...most anticipated recession in history has arrived earlier and with a more forceful jolt than expected. Instead of the gradual slide that economists were predicting would begin in midsummer or early fall, the second-quarter gross national product fell at a substantial annual rate of 3.3%. Most forecasters had anticipated that the downturn at worst would bring a decline of 2% or so. In a confidential revised forecast last week, some top governmental economists conceded that the slump will be worse than anticipated this year and will be followed by an "anemic" recovery...
...Second, on the night of the dance, summer school residents of Stoughton Hall next to Phillips Brooks House yelled "faggots" and "queers" throughout the evening to people attending the dance. Fortunately, they chose no to take their aggression any further than this, and gay people can generally pass off such taunts as ignorance of fear...
...larger islands in the chain, George's Island, is blessed with more than its share of history. Although it saw service in every war from the Revolution through the Second World War, George's Island and its refuge, Fort Warren, are best remembered for their role in the Civil...