Word: better
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Psychology and Social Relations--revealed that none of these departments ever complied with the requirement. The worst offender--the History Department--had graduate students teaching 91 per cent of its tutorials. No Faculty members taught sophomore tutorials in English, History and Psychology and Social Relations, although the record was better for junior tutorials...
...particularly like the part about Nieman fellow Frank Van Riper being the "big gun" with his "pair of towering triples." Never has the mantle of sports cliche fit an individual better. My mother thanks you. Yours for bigger and better journalism, Frank [Big Gun] Van Riper...
Even in public, Carter joked bitterly about his problems. During a broadcast interview with members of the National Cable Television Association, which was meeting in Las Vegas, Carter said, "I am sure some of you are riding a better streak at the casinos than I am in Congress. For one thing, the odds are obviously better where...
...quintet not to back Kennedy, and Richard Nolan, a onetime protege of Vice President Walter Mondale's, who has organized his own Draft Kennedy movement in Minnesota. The group was opposing Carter, Nolan said, "because we feel betrayed. All our hopes and all our aspirations for a better America in 1976 have resulted in disappointment and despair...
...only dislike the revenue loss but also worry about breaking the link between the replacement life of a product and its tax depreciation. Such a break, according to this argument, might cause favoritism for certain industries. The steel industry, which now depreciates its assets rather slowly, would get a better advantage than the auto industry, which depreciates its assets more rapidly. In addition, groups that oppose tax cuts for business will fight the speedy depreciation. However, these opponents are in the minority. Most Congress watchers believe that if the business community holds together, it can fairly easily get this capital...