Word: lever
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mathias brushed off hints that he might lose patronage power if he went against the party. He thinks that most Administration jobs now require technical competence, and that patronage is not as much of a lever as it once...
...done it all just right. Now we're climbing up there into the blue yonder-can't let those bombs go just now, see, they'll melt us out of the sky. Now soon we'll be over the target. Okay now you'll see. Just pull back that lever. Uh huh. A little more...
Rick Brown '71 moved that N.A.C. rally support through a one-day occupation of the CFIA. October 31. After discussion, the meeting rejected Brown's proposal but reserved occupation as "a possible lever for enforcing our demands...
...Young Americans for Freedom (VAF) opposed "Harvard's becoming a political lever and surrendering its intellectual independence by taking official political stands. While supporting...
...surcharge has been stalled in the Senate. The delay has produced frustration on the part of Republicans, who have been pushing for passage of the Administration's key anti-inflation program, and satisfaction on the part of Democrats, who were determined to use the bill as a lever to bring about tax reform. The struggle has also caused confusion for employers, who have been puzzled about how much tax to withhold from paychecks, and uncertainty throughout the already troubled economy (see BUSINESS...