Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the book sees the movement almost solely through the eyes of its leaders, the interviews are the sum total of the biographical information included. Deutsch apparently did no independent searching into the lives that shape his book...
...final shape of the bill began to emerge, it seemed clear that, as with nearly all complex legislation, it would completely satisfy no one. But because the measure gives some tax relief to the nation's inflation-besieged electorate, Carter, despite his disappointment over the lack of reform, was expected to sign the bill. This would be good news for the tired members of the 95th Congress; they would then be able to nail a tax cut to their election-campaign banners...
...crisscrossing the Northeast, stretching west to Missouri and north to Canada. Though most of its business is freight, it also carries 360,000 commuters each weekday to New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chicago. For all these superlatives, Conrail continues to hemorrhage money because its equipment was in worse shape and its labor force was more featherbedded than almost anyone in Washington had suspected...
John N. Sullivan, the federal railroad administrator, warned last week that unless the railroads are allowed to become more competitive, in the next ten years they will face a shortage of $13 billion to $16 billion in capital required to keep roadbeds and equipment in shape. The best action that the Carter Administration could take in support of the railroads would be to apply at least a measure of the deregulation flexibility that is already freeing the nation's soaring airlines from the fetters of federal bureaucracy...
Kleinfelder is no stranger to the national lacrosse scene. She played on the U.S. team for four consecutive years, from 1969-1972. Now she's trying to get her players in shape for a March 12-April 1 tour of England, and as she says: "Coaching the national team means putting yourself on the line. The U.S. is the best--the only thing you can do is lose...