Word: tides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...action taken by Bethlehem Steel Corp., while encouraging, fell a good deal short of winning the Battle of Waterloo against inflation. Indeed, the very fact that the Administration singled out the incident for so much praise showed how long and difficult the campaign against inflation will be before the tide is turned...
...time is running out for the amendment. Supporters have only until next March 22 to pick up the three states needed for ratification, and the tide is running against ERA. Proponents are asking Congress to extend the deadline by another seven years. Last week a House judiciary subcommittee approved the extension, which is also supported by the Carter Administration. But Sponsor Don Edwards of California figures that the full committee lines up against the measure by 18 votes to 16. To put more pressure on Congress, the National Organization for Women is planning a mass march in Washington July...
When IAFEATURE was launched, Stockwell insists, the civil war was so low-key that two C-47 gunships crammed with Gatling guns-Viet Nam's "Puff the Magic Dragon"-could have turned the tide for the moderates. But they would also have exposed the U.S. involvement, so instead it was decided to arm the guerrillas clandestinely. Says Stockwell: "We had tons of weapons shipped in, some of it 'sanitized' stuff [unmarked as to origin], and lots of World War II arms which the agency figured anybody could acquire anywhere in the world." The equipment was flown...
When Charles' mother was crowned Elizabeth II in 1953, here were many?even among her own cheering subjects?who felt that they were seeing the last of those great coronation pageants, that a tide of egalitarianism was swiftly making obsolete the very concept of monarchy. Now, except among a minority of zealous anti-royalists in Britain, that feeling has almost disappeared. Elizabeth's own gentle, wise and dutiful reign and the growing popularity of her Crown Prince son almost ensure that the foes of monarchy will not have their way. Even if he has to wait at the footstool...
...dropped 6.6%, partly because of recall problems with the new Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon subcompacts, and competition from Ford's new Fairmont and Zephyr compacts. Truck deliveries fell 20% as squabbles in Washington over new emission and safety standards delayed plant changeovers and production startups. Though the tide has turned−sales of cars and trucks rose sharply in April−Chrysler expects an "unusually long" plant closing for a retooling this fall to neutralize the gains. Unsmilingly, Riccardo predicted: "The last nine months of the year will be a break-even period...