Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spread your legs?" asks a studio executive...
...original logic behind the price freeze was that it would delay and spread out price increases. Economically, that would ease the pain for the consumer; politically, that would soften the blow to President Nixon. During the rest of this year, food prices are likely to rise 3% or 4%-an annual rate of 6% or 8%. In fact, so much beef is being held back now that the cattlemen may get burned. If the Administration hangs tough and the sellers' strike continues, great herds of cattle will hit the markets after Sept. 12-and beef prices could go down...
Like the Americans, the Japanese are buying and building factories all over Europe. One reason: international pressure on the Japanese to spread around their huge foreign currency reserves, which now stand at $15 billion. Though there are scarcely 20 Japanese-managed manufacturers in Europe, the number could well jump to 200 by 1980, and hundreds of thousands of Europeans may be working for Japanese managers. According to some Common Market estimates, Japanese direct investment, now $250 million, could rise to $8.3 billion...
...eaten, or it would appear at the next meal. Failure to perform potty at the proper hour (training began at six weeks) brought the certain retribution of laxative powder. Nannying appears to have provided parents with some peculiar satisfactions. As proof that the popularity of the system spread, the author has turned up a mid-19th century French newspaper ad asking for "Une gouvernante anglaise-méthodes drastiques...
...indictments as it deemed necessary. Since election scandal investigation would be the sole duty of this Court of Election Irregularities (for lack of a better name), it would be able to completely concentrate on such investigation--as opposed to the present process in which the judge's attention is spread among several diverse cases at the same time. Most importantly, however, this Court would begin investigation immediately upon receiving reports of a possible violation, and would not be subject to the penetrating influence of those in power who might not wish such investigations to take place...