Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MOST REPUGNANT strain of conservative thinking that has surfaced publically at Harvard and elsewhere recently is the "Now let us mourn for Indochina" school of revised history. Norman Podhoretz has made this his new gospel, preaching on The New York Times Op-Ed page and in his latest book, Why We Were in Vietnam. Closer to home, members of the Conservative Club have endorsed the message in their newspaper. The Salient, and in small rallies...
...take a long view in planning its defense expenditures, using multiyear procurement programs in order to ensure the steady and smooth development of new weapons systems. Unfortunately, the explosive new surge in defense spending is coming just when factories and financial markets will find it difficult to handle the strain...
...Harvard lawyers emphasized the cost of further delays for the University. After years of defeat at the hands of powerless but impassioned citizens. Harvard got what it wanted by using the prestige of its president and the bizarre argument that the University should not have to suffer further financial strain from MATEP...
Considering that "only one in ten investments in a new company may ever return a profit," your optimism about new business ventures is deceiving. Little mention is made of the 90% that put a strain on the credit institutions and, therefore, on the economy of the country...
Jean and the kids have been a main source of strength for Donald, who has balanced summer and term jobs with basketball, and academics. But with all the economics major through school has been the main priority. "That emphasis," admits Donald, "has been a kind of strain on family life, with Jean having to work, and being away from the kids for basketball practice...