Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economy a "disaster" and blamed it on a Federal Government that "has overspent, overestimated and overregulated." He lamented the fact that "the great productivity of our industry is now surpassed by virtually all the major nations that compete with us for world markets." He complained that "our defense strength has deteriorated." He blasted U.S. failure to reduce its dependence on foreign...
...matter how much his campaign advisers have tried to moderate his image, at heart he is still the romantic conservative he has always been, glorying in the strength and goodness of the American people. Says he: "I used to fantasize what it would be like if everyone in Government would quietly slip away and close the doors and disappear. See how long it would take the people of this country to miss them. I think that life would go on, and the people would keep right on doing the things they are doing, and we would get along...
...Crimson women lost just two events, qualified five swimmers for Easterns, and set a new team record. Sparked by the strength of a talented freshman corps, the women started with a decisive win in the 400-meter Medley Relay and never looked back...
Harvard had taken a 40-point lead during the meet's first day, but the Tigers--on the strength of their freestyle depth--had clawed their way back into contention. The fact that Princeton featured four of the meet's top eight 200-freestylers competing on their relay team seemed to guarantee a win for the Tigers in that event, the momentum from which they hoped would carry them to victory on the third and final...
...reason for New York's continuing co-op strength is the presence of moneyed buyers, including many foreigners, who do not need or care to bare their finances to banks; nearly two-thirds of the city's co-op purchases are all-cash deals. Elsewhere, bankers and brokers are devising ways to ease the credit pinch on buyers. Some California brokers arrange deals whereby the seller acts as his own bank; he agrees to turn over his condo to a buyer in return for a so-called trust deed, which requires monthly payments directly from the buyer...