Word: shake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their work, as was the radicalized Marglin in the late '60s. He thinks mainstream economists are inextricably bound to capitalism. "Their politics are quite consistent with their economics." Marglin say. Marglin doesn't think many economists were radicalized by the debate last month--"I didn't really expect to shake Otto's faith in capitalism," he laughs. But he does believe that the mainstream representatives--Duesenberry and Eckstein--"gave up a lot of ground to us...Of course, the terrain was very favorable to us--7 per cent inflation and 9 per cent unemployment...
...conceive of a greater tragedy." When Dulles and Radford dreamed up an air strike (with Vice President Richard Nixon's blessing), Ike's insistence that other countries join us and that prior congressional authorization be given caused the plan to fail. One wonders if Ike, with a shake of the head, would have changed history had he been in the Oval Office when the question of putting U.S. troops into Viet Nam came up. Maybe...
...Webb, who was Truman's budget man, recalled how Truman used to jump up and shake his hand every time he entered the Oval Office. Finally Webb said, "Mr. President, you don't need to do this. I've been here before." Truman said, "Oh, no. You don't know how the presidency operates. If I didn't shake hands, somebody would say, 'The President's mad at the budget director...
...Celtics fell prey to the Washington Bullets last night in the second game of the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference finals. The 117.92 loss gave the Celtics a 0-2 deficit in the playoffs. Returning to Boston for the third game on Saturday, the Celtics will try to shake their slump in front of the home town fans...
...coast horses don't win the Derby. Avatar (Santa Anita Derby winner) will be joined this Saturday by his California nemesis Diabolo (California Derby). While Diabolo is the better of the two, both horses will be fighting a long California tradition of Derby losses that will be hard to shake...