Word: warrantable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns' target range of 5% to 7.5% "is the best you can get. Thus the soundest prescription now is 'Steady as she goes!'* There is enough time to increase tax cuts or the growth in money supply later next year if developments warrant...
With only 21% of the voters identifying themselves as Republicans in the Gallup poll, Mac Mathias is concerned that the G.O.P. may so narrow its base as to "sign its own death warrant." He sees himself as a "centrist" able to appeal to independents and middle-of-the-road voters disenchanted with both parties. But why not fight from within his own party for the nomination? Because that, he believes, would only pour "water on Reagan's wheel." The entrance of any moderate or liberal Republican would undoubtedly draw more G.O.P. votes away from Ford than Reagan, thus increasing...
...hours the Ricketts and Belknap fought successfully to keep the flames away from the missile housing and the ship's magazine. Chief Warrant Officer William Dockendorff, who led a team of firefighters on the Belknap, found that he had more volunteers than he could use. Tugging hoses, the men advanced on the fires, retreated momentarily when shells went off, then resumed the attack. Says one seaman who watched the battle: "That was either a bunch of brave guys or a bunch of fools...
...member Constituent Assembly debated whether to move to the more tranquil environs of Oporto in the north. In the end, they decided to stay in Lisbon to show they were not afraid, but they did pass a motion allowing them to meet anywhere in the country if conditions warrant. Disgruntled businessmen bitterly joked that Portugal has become a "country under self-management," and one wit painted a slogan on a Lisbon wall reading: "Anarchy, yes, but not so much...
...argued as strongly as I could, especially for Fitzsimmons, but the board decided that our performance was just not strong enough to warrant expenditure to send us," McCurdy said...