Word: show
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Viet Nam vets who joined those ranks upon their return home. As to his statement that we could not end the war "as if we were switching a television channel," the protest movement's apt response was that we saw no sense in continuing an unfounded horror show switched on by others...
...David Rockefeller is a typical New Yorker. But he knew what was required, and he gave a good, understated interpretation of his role as an upright rural citizen somewhat bewildered by the attention that he and his state were getting. The network's No. 2 talker did the show, and congratulated himself for extracting a snappy interview from the town clerk...
...slightly more realistic than Harold Stassen's. My guess, however, is that these New Hampshire Republicans knew he was going to win. They did not approve of anyone, even a member of their own party, who wanted to associate himself with the Federal Government, and they intended to show their feelings while they had the chance...
...Base, 20,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen prepared to launch "Bold Eagle 80," a nine-day maneuver to practice coming to the aid of an invaded ally. In the Indian Ocean, a U.S. Navy seven-ship carrier task force joined up with a five-ship Middle East force to show the flag...
...G.N.P. and federal budget, were also the years when the nation enjoyed some of its lowest inflation rates. In 1955 inflation was nil, and in 1965 it was around 2%. Increases of more than 2,000% in Government spending on health and housing in the past decade, declares Nunn, show that the pattern of inflation fits "the real increase in nondefense spending." Observes Oregon Senator Bob Packwood: "Let's lay to rest the shibboleth that we have been chipping away at human resources spending on behalf of defense...