Word: tiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cliffe squad made a surge in the second half as they came back to within two points. The tide seemed to be turning as Sue Williams collected several steals to spark the defense, and the score rested at 44-42 Smith with 10 minutes left...
...aging (73) but still feisty Daley even more is that the decision to withhold revenue sharing, which is currently being appealed, has forced him to go begging for money in spite of Chicago's financial good health. Daley has had to borrow $55 million from local banks to tide the city over a liquidity crisis...
...Then the tide turned, and BU went on a splurge of its own, charging back to tie the contest at 14-all. Just as quickly, Harvard took over again with a 13-4 burst to build a nine point lead...
Bhutto did not resign, but the rising tide of bitterness signaled the end of an era of good will that had accompanied his takeover of power after Pakistan's defeat in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. Bhutto tried to repair the damage wrought by his predecessor, General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, whose brutal excesses in East Pakistan forced the province to break away and form the nation of Bangladesh. He pushed through a land reform program, gave the country a constitution that changed the government from a presidential to a parliamentary system, and reaped a windfall in aid (almost...
California Pollster Mervin Field interpreted the election results as a "checkerboard pattern." Property owners, the elderly and people on fixed incomes voted for Barbagelata. Minorities, renters, and the relatively young opted for Moscone. The election, said Field, shows two kinds of tides. "One is the ebbing tide of traditional liberal, labor and cultural concepts-the idea that government can do it for you. Against this is the rising tide of the 'new conservatism'-which is related to fear about crime, the inability to get services from government, and fiscal responsibility." Both candidates agreed that the election showed...