Word: stampings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...below 7% by year's end. Earlier, official forecasts had anticipated a 6.2% G.N.P. increase and a year-end unemployment rate of 7% to 7.5% (the jobless rate had already dropped to 7.5% last month). Though the Administration does not intend to give its new predictions an official stamp, it is making no secret of its delight. Says Secretary of the Treasury William Simon: "This economy is so good there is almost nothing we could do to screw it up before the end of the year...
...National Security Council vetoed the separation-plant project in early 1968. Shortly afterward, Eshkol discovered that Dayan ?in the wake of the 1967 Six-Day War ?had secretly ordered the start of construction on an S.P. Eshkol and his advisers felt that they could only rubber-stamp a project already under...
...program included a dinner for the descendants of inventor Alexander Graham Bell and of his assistant, Thomas Watson. An address by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke on "Communications in the Second Century of the Telephone" and a stamp commemoration also highlighted the event...
...campaign is on target and on track-our destination is Madison Square Garden," declared the easygoing Congressman, who also insisted that he was picking up "Mo-men-tum." (He often predicts that "Enie, Meenie and Minie will drop out, leaving only Mo.") Udall's strong second place did stamp him as the early leader in the fight for survival among the four most liberal Democratic candidates. If the party's "ABC" ("Anyone But Carter") liberals coalesce in a stop-Carter movement, Udall is in position to lead it. Idaho Senator Frank Church, another liberal, intends to enter...
...found it difficult to gain support among the working class with economic arguments. Most Puerto Ricans have little confidence in the ability of the island to survive alone. This year, for example, the island will receive about $2 billion in federal aid, and much of it, like the food stamp program, fills demands that seem essential. People perceive the difficulties of weaning Puerto Rico away from its dependence on the American market and American credit. Though the independence parties can explain the pernicious effects of colonialism, they cannot offer a secure alternative program for development...