Word: surprisingness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Buoyed by his success, Carter went out politicking with renewed zest. The mood of the crowds in North and South Carolina was so cordial that the President barely had to mention Camp David. He could count on someone else doing that for him. The most surprising example was a large...
But at least inflation will run below the double-digit rates of last spring, permitting the Federal Reserve Board to ease up on its pressure for higher interest rates. Right now, rates are still going up; major banks have just raised their basic charge on business loans to 9½%, from...
It might seem that this is exactly what the Who have done onWho Are You--added a few lines here, a few bars there, and sold the same old song. But though the lyrics are old friends, the music has changed. It's become mature--a surprising quality from the...
One House master said this week there are rooms in his House that are literally uninhabitable because of faulty heating systems. Another master complained about faulty wiring systems that short-circuit with surprising regularity.
Readers of Fate Is the Hunter, Ernest K. Gann's unnerving account of his days as an airline and Air Transport Command pilot, will recognize the flying style. What is surprising about this rambunctious autobiography, however, is that although Gann tells a number of good wing-and-prayer yarns...