Word: worth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...order was supposed to be carried out by GSA Personnel Officer Al Petrillo. He sent Clinkscales a. notice that he was being transferred to Fort Worth. But Petrillo later had second thoughts about the transfer, which he felt violated GSA personnel rules, and canceled it. At the same time, Petrillo submitted his own resignation, but it was rejected by his boss, GSA Director of Administration G.C. Gardner...
...Somoza should take a three-month vacation, that's exactly what Somoza's people would do-and then say that this was what the Americans told them to do." But Nicaraguan opposition leaders demanded more substantial U.S. support than that; for example, a cut in $11 million worth of food, health and education loans that they maintain have mostly benefited Somoza's politicians. Said one Conservative Party spokesman acidly: "Somoza is part of the American system, not ours." Added Conservative Congressman Eduardo Chamorro Cornel, 44, referring to the American military force that installed Somoza's father...
...unthinkable-rebuke to the Shah. "While the majority of the people may have been silent this did not mean they were stupid and did not know what was going on," said Mazhari. "They knew. And they will continue to protest until you begin to respect them for their true worth and until the rule of law prevails. They do not want the most expensive life on the face of the earth. They want justice...
...shelf of transcripts from a state hearing, 20 3-in.-thick volumes of applications to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 13,522 pages of transcripts from the NRC hearings, a 5-ft. shelf of papers filed before the NRC'S licensing board, and a whole forest's worth of other pleadings, briefs, exhibits and environmental impact statements...
...families may only mean that distraught parents often pass on their troubles to their children. Whatever the cause of the suicidal drive, experts agree that kids can be as vulnerable as adults. Says Carlson: "If an adult has the bad feeling that his life is not worth living, and he has the means to end it, there's no reason why an eleven-year...