Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Muskie realized that his struggle was desperately uphill now (see box, page 27). His money was spread thin, and his two initial primaries had discouraged some potential donors. He was doubly hurt in the Florida fuss over revealing financial support. When McGovern, Lindsay and Humphrey voluntarily agreed to open their books, Muskie was criticized for holding back. When he promised to reveal his sources, it looked as though he had been forced into it-and some Republican donors will likely be embarrassed. Business leaders who like to hedge their bets by giving to the leading contenders in both parties...
...still don't know what to do about the problem of spreading ourselves so thin. We have six primaries coming up in six weeks. All of them are key, and we're going to give them all equal treatment. What do you do? You can't ignore them, yet we're spread so damned thin. I suppose if we had it to do over again we might not have gone into Florida...
...that amount to the posting of a huge DOLLARS KEEP OUT sign. Some examples: The Netherlands government has banned payment of interest on foreign dollar deposits in Dutch banks; Japan forbids manufacturers to accept large advance dollar payments for exports without specific permission from the Finance Ministry. A further spread of such controls could lead to serious blockages of international trade, lending and investment...
...Until finally the manager came from the box office and peace was restored. A dingy old man a few seats along form me picked up his sandwich and resumed his lunch. He had spread everything out on the seat beside him: a ham sandwich on a bit of waxed paper, a Cadbury's Crunchie, and even a napkin. But he didn't finish his sandwich before he left, and I passed it lying there...
...FIGHT TO free Walter Collins has been spread by Braden and Virginia Collins, who have been touring the country for a year. Amnesty International has joined the effort by circulation an amnesty petition throughout Europe While support for Collins has been building, Allison is not satisfied after seeing the response of the courts to this point. "Our only hope is that enough people are raising hell," He said...