Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slowing" in retail food prices to bring inflation down to about 6%, resulting in a rise in prices of 6.5% for the year as a whole. Sprinkel makes a grimmer projection: inflation will top 7% in every quarter of 1978 and hit 7.6% in December. Says he: "We have thrown away all the gains against inflation we made in the recession and are off on another binge." He puts most of the blame on the Federal Reserve's easygoing and often erratic money supply policies. Sprinkel believes that the Fed eventually will do better under its new chairman...
...would probably have been committed to an institution long ago were it not for my ability to see the funny side of life." His wit helps him make the best of bad situations. Thrown twice during a rough cross-country horse race last month, he cheerily observed: "That was excellent practice for parachuting...
...abdicate. What is more, everyone would advise her not to, beginning with the Prince of Wales. This idea of abdication is unheard of in British constitutional history. There's no sovereign except Edward VIII who has abdicated. They've either had their heads cut off or been thrown out-as in the case of James II, who wouldn't give up his Roman Catholic connections...
...will also be the scene of some excitement tomorrow night when Bowie Kuhn, commissioner and imperial majesty of baseball, will be the guest of the Law School Forum. Peanut and crackerjack aficionados will want to be in the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall well before the first pitch is thrown at 8 p.m. to ensure they get box seats...
...doesn't take an athlete very long to learn that if he doesn't score the winning tally or monopolize the scorebook, he's sure to be thrown out of "Hero of the Game" court for insufficient evidence...