Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood of holiday amiability was such that Ford managed to perform another of his sharp reversals of approach with only minimal questioning...
...Bread. The exodus figures loom even larger because of a sudden 50% drop in immigration; that is largely a result of the Kremlin's sharp cut back in the number of Russian Jews al lowed to leave the Soviet Union. Only 8,518 Russian Jews immigrated to Israel in 1975, compared with 16,816 in 1974 and 33,477 in 1973. Jerusalem is just as alarmed by the fact that 40% of new immigrants from Western countries have returned to their original homelands within five years. Last year a total of 19,000 Jews left Israel, while only...
Riding high on Nolen's goal, Harvard banged out its own aggression for the first five minutes of the final period, but their momentary burst of pressure found Skidmore sharp as a veg-a-matic...
...energy bill signed into law by President Ford last week represented a full year's effort on the part of Congress, but it pleased almost nobody. Liberals conceded that while it will avert a sudden sharp rise in heating-oil and gasoline prices, it also virtually guarantees that Americans will go on using energy profligately. As for conservatives, the Wall Street Journal summed up their feelings by branding the bill a "monument to the Orwellian leviathan"; nearly every section "involves an infringement of individual rights or property rights." The controversial bill is politically palatable, but it will leave...
Most construction companies have been hurt by sharp cutbacks in corporate capital spending plans. But not Fluor Corp. Riding the crest of a mighty global wave of spending for energy projects-pipelines, drilling rigs, refineries-the Los Angeles-based engineering firm has won more business than almost any other heavy construction firm. It has a current backlog of projects worth an incredible $10 billion...