Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recession ended in early 1975, and it has continued to do so through the Carter presidency. By next year the U.S. should have a $2 trillion economy. Real gross national product is expected to rise by at least 5% this year, for a total of about 15% since the bottom of the recession. Unemployment has fallen by two percentage points during those same 2½ years. Inflation was cut to an annual rate of 4.2% in the three months ending in September, down from 12.2% in 1974. Major retailers report that sales surged in October, presaging a good Christmas shopping...
Brzezinski spoke of highlighting "our emerging relationships," but that rationale evoked little enthusiasm at Foggy Bottom. "Typical Brzezinski," scoffed one State Department official. "He has no attention span, so he has the President jumping around like a frog...
First, they tally all the number one votes, and if any candidate makes the quota, he is immediately elected (something only Walter J. Sullivan can do). His surplus votes go to whoever the voter marked number two. Candidates on the bottom of the totals are eliminated, and the women keep redistributing the ballots until nine council and six school committee candidates make quota...
...undefeated Kirkland House team is still in first place after a stunning 12-0 triumph over Quincy, while Eliot House fell to its first defeat of the season against Winthrop, 12-0. As for the Mather-Leverett match, Leverett won 6-0, but both Houses are still rock-bottom in the football standings...
...Harvard committed the dangerous sin of fouling a Princeton player near the goal area. After Tiger halfback Charlie Stillitano chipped the free kick over Harvard's defensive wall from 25 yards out, second-leading all-time Princeton scorer Paul Milone slipped past the fullbacks, drew a bead on the bottom right corner of the net, and rifled a shot past the helpless Herold...