Word: warns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coming months. His next hurdle, once the budget is out of the way, could be yet another economic confrontation with Washington. The U.S.-Japanese trade imbalance that prompted the Nixon economic shokku of 1971 stood at a record $4.2 billion at year's end, and U.S. officials warn of further trouble unless "sure signs" of improvement appear in the next two or three months. Tokyo's efforts to ease the imbalance have been complicated by the facts that the revaluation of the yen 13 months ago has been slow to take effect, and that the recovering U.S. economy...
...words would cause in the U.S., and was surprised by it, he later admitted. Nixon specifically approved Kissinger's language in the assertion that "we believe that peace is at hand." And Kissinger genuinely believed it. But it was also a purposeful device to reassure Hanoi and warn Saigon of Washington's continued, earnest desire for a settlement...
...this treatment, the servant's dicta are generally recognized as the dry-witted, earthy folk wisdom of vox populi. What is more interesting, and not generally recognized, is that the servant also speaks to these particular masters with vox Dei. The servant tries to warn the master that if he persists in his extravagant behavior, be it passion or madness, he affronts not only the social but the cosmic order, and will incur the vengeful wrath of the gods. The servant dare not speak too freely lest he be cuffed or dismissed. The master pulls his rank and fails...
...Alberto-Culver pairs two 15-second spots in a half-minute time segment to push its For Brunettes Only hair coloring and Calm 2 deodorant. Fearing a possible trend, critics-including Norman B. Cash, president of the Television Bureau of Advertising, an association of TV network and station executives-warn that the short-short commercials will further sour viewers...
...reader's feelings of suspense about Joanna, and whether or not she could do with a little domestic transformation - thus catering to male chauvinists and Women's Liberationists alike. The final message is clear and simple. As an assortment of duennas in 1930s movies used to warn their pretty charges (Frances Dee, Annabella, Maureen O'Sullivan): "Men are interested in just two things. And food's the other...