Word: short
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right hand reaching out. "Ooh," squeals an elegantly coiffed woman. "He shook my hand. Did you see that? This hand right here." Kennedy sweeps through the room, bellowing in his Boston accent, "Hi, how are you, good to see you." "Go, Teddy!" someone yells. Kennedy gives a short pep talk for the object of the reception, former Congressman William Green. "I want to introduce the man who will be the next mayor of Philadelphia," Kennedy says. Green takes the microphone and shouts: "I want to thank the man who will be the next. . ." He is drowned out by laughter...
...skin and too much exposure causes it to break out in red blotches. He and Patrick swim before breakfast, then they may go surf casting for an hour. After another hour of tennis at Rose Kennedy's house, Ted visits with his mother, often taking her for a short walk along the beach. On Sundays, though not deeply religious, he usually attends Mass. The Rev. James English, Kennedy's pastor in Washington, describes him as "a believer who does his best to live his life as a Roman Catholic...
...professor at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., and an expert on terrorists: "The most frustrating thing is that you are dealing with a randomness. There is no knowing when, how or if." Or why or who. Researchers say that assassins in U.S. history have typically been short, white, unmarried men with mental disturbances dating from their childhood. True, but both attempts on Ford's life were made by women...
...market readily supplies investment funds for multinational corporations and provides the mechanism whereby the OPEC countries ''recycle'' their new riches to poor developing nations. OPEC'S leaders, ever fearful of placing too much money in any one country, prefer to keep their petrodollars in short-term Eurocurrency deposits free from the long arm of any government...
...into funds primarily by selling off stocks and withdrawing deposits from banks and savings and loan associations. This shift away from shares could further damage capital formation; companies ideally tend to raise long-term investment money in the stock and bond markets but go to the money market for short-term borrowings to cover operating expenses. The move out of savings is badly hurting the thrift institutions. They face a tremendous competitive disadvantage and a sharp outflow of funds because the Federal Reserve's Regulation Q prohibits them from paying more than 5½% on passbook savings. A bill...