Word: wave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...esteem in the country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now that when people wave at me, they use all their fingers...
...keep his momentum going against an ugly wave of economic difficulties, the President announces his new anti-inflation program this week. Despite all the buildup, the proposals are largely voluntary wage-price guidelines (see BUSINESS). Carter is asking for a 7% limit on wage increases, a 6.5% overall ceiling on price rises. An expanded Council on Wage and Price Stability will closely monitor wage-price shifts; if a company exceeds the guidelines, it can be threatened with a suspension of Government contracts or purchases. But the President continues to insist that he will not resort to mandatory controls...
...wave" label fool you into expecting leather-jacket nihilism. You won't find members of this band stabbing their girlfriends and slitting their wrists with crushed light bulbs. Anyone who listens to Blondie will see that the group is closer to the Ronettes than to the Ramones. In fact, if Eno had produced the Ronettes, the result would probably have sounded like Parallel Lines...
...recent wave of mass uprising and consequent genocidal repression in Nicaragua the United States maintained its 45-year-old policy of acting in favor of the Somozas' interests and in opposition to the interests of the Nicaraguan masses. In the midst of the fighting...
...counter the new wave of armed opposition, the U.S. stepped up its military aid to Latin American governments in the early 1960s. A few statistics help illustrate the extent to which U.S. aid has propped up the Somoza dynasty over the years...