Word: bit
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...hurry to build roads, dams and schools (and on the upkeep of his regime), Iran's handsome Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi has spent all the $265 million a year his country gets from oil revenues and quite a bit more. Now Iran faces a balance of payments deficit of $130 million over the next two years. Until recently, the Shah has ignored the unpopular advice of Western economic advisers, who told him the deficit could have been avoided by vigorously curbing domestic inflation, and by clamping down on the import of luxury items that use up the hard currencies...
...Thanksgiving. Beginning where they had left off, the Yankees in the first inning had already scored two runs and loaded the bases when the unlikeliest slugger of them all stepped into the box, looking fully as dangerous as any promising Little Leaguer. Second Baseman Bobby Richardson got every bit of his 5-ft. 9-in., 166-lb. frame behind his swing and hit a grand-slam home run into the leftfield seats. For Richardson, the home run was only the fourth of his four-year major league career. Later, with a single to left, Richardson drove in two more runs...
...volubly. He has close-cropped dark hair and large expressive eyes which grow increasingly intense as he warms to a particular subject. "Almost everybody I know is crazy about this guy," said the producer of a rival play, sitting in on the interview. "Success hasn't changed him a bit, not a bit. Look at him. He doesn't even know how good he is. No use asking him what makes him funny. He won't tell you. He'll say it's the part. It isn't the part, it's talent, sheer talent. Talent's sticking...
...young men and women who do not intend going into the theater professionally, don't such exhaustive academic programs seem a bit excessive...
...Crimson's first goal was the least bit tainted, Cornell's tally five minutes later was also faintly suspicious. Big Red inside Gallo Plaza took the ball straight down the middle, successfully faking fullbacks Tim Morgan and Charley David. Plaza sent a pass to right wing Dannsit Wongprasat, and when Crimson goalie Bob Forbush came out for the ball, Wongprasat had an easy shot at the nets...