Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many uniforms and scores of decorations have been sent back to England for permanent display, but all his other personal possessions remain where they were. His shirts are still stacked neatly in his bedroom drawers, his suits hang in his dressing room closet. His toilet things are spread in his bathroom. His desk is ready for instant use, with ample supplies of paper clips, pipe cleaners, pens and pencils and different inks. His favorite photographs (23 of the duchess alone) stand on his mantel and bookcases, all exactly as he left them. Every night the duchess comes to his bedroom...
...purpose of Hall's million dollar baby is not computing so much as maintainance. The machine is connected up with hundreds of fans and ventilators and other mechanical apparatus spread all over the University and it monitors the workings of each and every one of them. If something breaks down somewhere a warning is sent to the computer terminal underneath the Science Center where the Building and Grounds employee on duty can order the appropriate steps to be taken to remedy the situation...
When news of the Soviet purchases spread through the grain world and domestic shortages began to appear, wheat prices doubled. Because the Soviets bought early and at low prices, the American consumer rather than the Russian government had to pay high prices. About one-half the beef inflation and $200 million in higher bread costs can be traced to the market effects of the Soviet grain deal...
This is, in large measure, a self-perpetuating philosophy. Conservative, cautious politicians are created by their perception of an electorate that will buy security, peace and quiet every time. Men like Beame actively spread the doctrine of caution among voters, creating more of their species in the process. For this reason, it is a philosophy which win elections on the national as well as local level. But for cities like New York, it may make the subways cleaner for a time, but it is, in the long run, a doctrine of slow strangulation...
...student said the eight-point spread was too small and that the 80 to 85 range for the marginal mark was too large. "The marginal people were required to make up all this mickey mouse stuff during vacations, people were really unhappy, and that's why we got so much support," he said...