Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many student groups have urged the Corporation to change the library's name because they believe Engelhard, a deceased American businessman who invested heavily in South African mines, contributed to the strength of the apartheid system there...
...relatively small size of the ETA organization is misleading. It can probably call on no more than 300 men for terrorist activity at any time; another 300 provide intelligence, cover and shelter. But as Carlos Garaicoechea, president of the moderate Basque Nationalist Party says, "You cannot minimize the strength of ETA." Its resources include an estimated $3.5 million stolen from banks and factory payroll offices last year, as well as uncalculated amounts of revolutionary taxes" exacted from frightened Basque businessmen...
...higher tax brackets. White-collar workers and many professionals have suffered because they lack the means of organizing into special-interest lobbies to protect their paychecks. Corporate employees such as computer programmers and engineers have experienced a moderate loss in buying power, and librarians have seen the purchasing strength of their paychecks shrink by 11% since 1967, while college professors have had theirs shrivel...
...third year in a row, the Huskies' depth and strength proved too much for the reading period-depleted Harvard team which fell, 80-56, Saturday...
Boston, on the strength of Cedric Maxwell's inside work, managed to close the margin to 101-97 with 2:10 remaining in the game. But Jordan hit a lay-up and then five free throws, sandwiched around two points by Maxwell, to put the game away...