Word: might
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...plans to build some 15,000 cars in December. The dealers' decision means that Chrysler will have $100 million less than expected in the bank on New Year's Day. With January and February traditionally bad months in the car business, it was also apparent the company might soon be facing a negative net worth. That kind of financial slippage could block further Government...
...their cooperation; cases against nine others were scrapped, and six received token administrative punishment. The charge against Gray, 64, was dropped because key witnesses changed their stories before trial, and damaging testimony expected in the Felt-Miller proceedings never materialized. Gray called the prosecution "malicious" and said he might sue the Government to recover his six-figure legal fees and to get compensation for the harm he has suffered. He, Felt and Miller can count on some aid from an ex-agents' organization that has raised more than $1 million to pay their lawyers' bills...
...world knows. But could a U.S. President actually call himself Jimmy and get away with it? As it turned out, the answer was no. By calling himself an adoring diminutive, Mr. Carter preempted any possible public urge to do the same. In our own good time we might have come to call him Jimmy, just as we called others before him Ike, Jack and Jerry. But since Mr. Carter took Jimmy for himself, he left no room for any spontaneous objective expression of affection. What followed was disaffection. Two years into the presidency, people not only were not calling...
...Reagan will come to be known as "The Squire of Rancho del Cielo," or "The Gipper," in reference to his second most memorable movie role, or in reference to the first, "The Rest of Me." New York Builder Donald Trump is called "The Donald" by Mrs. Trump, so we might call Mr. Reagan "The Ronald." It is too early to tell...
...parade, the citizens called out to the mayor, "Hey, Mike" and "Mike" this and "Mike" that. The King observed to his host that the people didn't seem to treat him with much dignity by calling him Mike. Replied DiSalle: "If your people had called you Mike, you might still be King." -By Roger Rosenblatt