Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unemployment, inflation and economic growth. The technical ability and political insights of these experts can make or break a campaign-as illustrated by George McGovern's 1972 economic program that turned into a vote-losing albatross. Moreover, the ideas of the economists who advise the eventual winner can shape the way Americans live and work for years after the election-especially if, as can happen, the candidate's campaign advisers become the policymakers of a new Administration...
...verge of unveiling a new product, Kodak is supersecretive about its cameras. The company's 1975 annual report has two photos of playing children taken by the new process, but the pictures are half-hidden and show only good color reproduction and a rectangular shape (Polaroid's SX-70 system produces square images...
...Yankees might leave town forever, the stone-broke metropolis ponied up an estimated $100 million to provide the likes of 6,900 parking spaces and an electronic Scoreboard for the fans, expansive lavender-carpeted dressing rooms for the players and a plush lounge, featuring overstuffed chairs in the shape of fielders' gloves, for the owner's guests...
...form the center of the book, and through their stories Collier and Horowitz make a case for a slow decline in the family dynasty. David and Nelson's generation are presented as ambitious and deeply flawed people, and their children as a neurotic, basically ordinary group that will never shape society...
Bobby Thompson, who joined the team just last week, demonstrated that his game is in fine shape, carving out a 74 over the tricky Concord layout to capture medalist honors by four strokes. Thompson was fortunate to start his round on the backside, which is far less demanding than the treacherously tight front nine...