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Word: fect (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...budget cuts in public service programs, suggesting instead that the White House take the ax to spending for defense and space programs. "If you've seen one moon, you've seen them all," observed Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson. And so it went, each group contending in ef fect that the burden of fighting inflation should be placed on somebody else. The self-interested pleading took up much time at the summit itself. Charles Luce, chairman of Consolidated Edison of New York, one of the nation's largest power companies, asked the Government to take some action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: Summing Up the Summit | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

...Singer, who wrote The Brothers Askkenazi, was here; and I wanted to be with him. The second reason was I was afraid of Hider. There was a third reason-I didn't make a living in Warsaw." A smile spread across his face, and the crow's fect at the corners of his eyes became deeper and merrier. I knew he was about to tell a story...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: Talking with Isaac Bashevis Singer | 4/9/1970 | See Source »

...also explained to us that cameras were not allowed within the courthouse. It was even illegal for anyone to take pictures of our group outside the Federal Building. Minutes later a man drove up alongside the building, stopping about twenty fect away. There was a flash from a camera, and two policemen converged on the car. A verbal confrontation followed, and the man drove away...

Author: By Helen Weller, | Title: Vacation Entertainment: The Chicago Trial | 2/3/1970 | See Source »

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