Word: summers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Over the summer, William S. Friedman '79, a CHUL member who worked in University Hall this summer, and Mack I. Davis, director of advanced standing, interviewed House Masters and senior tutors to determine the feasibility of such a program...
Warren Zevon's "Mohammed's Radio," the song Ronstadt told concert audiences this summer was her favorite on the album, works in as another in the long tradition of slow Ronstadt ballads that have been so well received in the past. The song is deliberate and forceful, pushing along Zevon's angry lyrics...
Some generals maintain that Walker made a bad choice. He could have accepted his demotion, with another shot at his fourth star next summer, when other top slots will open. At 53, Walker had plenty of time for a comeback. Instead, he will try for the first time to make a life outside the Army, helped by retirement pay of $38,000 a year, just $15,000 less than his general's pay. "I'm not embittered," he said. "I'm young enough. I can do something else. I'm not going out to pasture...
Laos' economic plight has been complicated by natural disasters. During the summer planting this year a severe drought caused a shortfall of roughly 100,000 tons of food grain-10% of the hoped-for harvest. When the rains finally came, the Mekong and Sedone rivers deluged 30% to 40% of the rice land in Champassak, Savannakhet and Khammouane provinces...
...erosion has set back consumer confidence. A poll taken this summer by the Conference Board shows that 23% of U.S. families surveyed feel their living standard fell during the past year, forcing a clampdown on buying. Only 20% reported an increase in their standard of living, vs. 31% last spring. The latest consumer price index offered little comfort. It rose six-tenths of 1% in August to an annual rate of 7.4%, vs. a yearly rate of 11.4% in June and 62% in July. Food prices, which had been falling earlier in the summer, picked up slightly in August...