Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...folks were finding running for President-with all its frustrations-"the most gratifying, exciting thing we've ever done." Like F.D.R. and H.S.T. and J.F.K., Carter discovered, as child and man, that he could count on sustaining memories as he reached beyond his experience to test his possibilities-and enjoy himself the while...
...first popular test of Fukuda's policies and of whether he has revived the L.D.P. will come in July, when the Japanese elect a new upper house. The L.D.P. majority there is now a razor-thin one seat, and the party may lose control-unless Fukuda by his actions regains some of that faded popularity...
SEVEN BEAUTIES. A born survivor's natural talents are put to the ultimate test by World War II in Lina Wertmuller's hard-charging, shrilly-pitched black comedy. Giancarlo Giannini is sulphurously splendid as the small-time crook who finds the great world as much a slum as the Naples back streets where he was born. His energy-and the director's-propel one compulsively through the movie's several stomach-churning moments...
Contrary to many expectations, the 6% price increases that all major steelmakers posted on about 40% of their shipments in early December seem to be sticking, despite heavy political flak. Mill executives say that the real test of whether the boosts will last in the market will not come until January. But the increases have survived criticism by President Ford's Council on Wage and Price Stability and publicly voiced "concern" by President-elect Jimmy Carter...
...Godhead before his human birth, and he believes the early church's definitions of the deity of Christ to be Hellenistic. To him the point is simply that God was present in Jesus, revealing himself and making known his claims on man and his offer of forgiveness. The test of being a Christian "is not assent to this or that dogma . . . but the acceptance of faith in Christ and imitation of Christ...