Word: tiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rose the Senate's silver-haired Majority Leader Robert Byrd, ready to address the crowded chamber. After three months' tireless, tenacious work on behalf of the Panama Canal treaties, he was in a mood for Shakespearean rhetoric. "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," he declared. "The Rubicon of decision on the treaties is now to be crossed...
...Washington, D.C. cocktail party where economists are present (which is most of them), the main topic of fretful conversation these days is inflation. It is a strong tide that may momentarily ebb with an occasional optimistic statistic, only to rise again when new reports are issued. Echoing almost all the experts, as well as the public opinion polls. Federal Reserve Chairman G. William Miller told the Senate Budget Committee last week that inflation is the nation's No. 1 economic problem. He also warned that it is growing worse...
First comes the Crimson Tide Classic, tomorrow through Sunday, where nationally-ranked host squad Alabama leads a strong field. And as the Crimson troops continue their march up the Atlantic coast, they will also face Georgia (11th in the nation), Georgia Tech, Furman (who shellacked Harvard last spring), Duke (18th in the nation) and Wake Forest...
...settings as varied as Utah, Missouri and Pennsylvania, they marched to their union headquarters to cast their ballots-or, in some instances, angrily shred and burn their copies of the pact. And though the final results would not be in until this week, from the very first tallies the tide ran heavily against acceptance of the contract...
...nevertheless, the devastation was awesome. Geographically speaking, the storm could not have found a more suitable victim. Hull, Massachusetts consists of four drumlins--glacial hills--connected by seven miles of low-lying land. The town's width varies between a half mile and ten yards, and once the high tide had flowed over the seawalls, it rolled right across to the ocean on the other side of the town...