Word: needed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...skies that have lowered all afternoon are threatening to pour. One young farmer near me points toward the doggers and says, "They may not get to finish this." His partner looks heavenward, grinning in the drizzle, and says, "I need a good rain a lot more'n I need to watch a dance...
Businessmen regard Regan as sensitive to their need to raise new capital to spur investment, industrial growth and productivity-all the things that the "Reaganauts" claim must be done if inflation is to be stemmed and the economy steered along a path of robust recovery. There are, however, some reservations about Regan among career officials at Treasury. As Merrill Lynch's chairman, he rarely expressed thoughts about economic policies beyond stating their impact on the securities industry. For instance, in a speech last month to the senior staff of the New York Stock Exchange, he declared, "Most...
...again conservative, he tends to hold fervent and dogmatic views. He once told an interviewer: "At 20, it sounds great to say that self-interest is the most destructive force in society. Now I believe that self-interest is an inherent part of the human condition and what we need to do is harness it, not abolish it." He boasts of paying little attention to pressure groups, even among his own constituents. Says he: "I'm not much of a horse trader or a head counter. I'm more interested in ideas than votes because...
...other. John became much more political, George more spiritual, Paul seemingly more larky, and Ringo more social. In the more than two years between Sergeant Pepper and Abbey Road, Lennon and McCartney wrote, separately and still (but more tenuously) together, some of their greatest songs (Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, and Strawberry Fields Forever). But if the turmoil had an immediate, productive side, it also took an inevitable toll. In 1969, after the completion of Abbey Road, John told the boys he was leaving...
Diplomatically, the need of Western countries for petroleum imports from Arab suppliers has strained relations with Israel and among members of the NATO alliance. A pessimistic study titled Energy and Security, which was published last week, warns that only dramatically strengthened energy security programs can protect oil-importing nations from the shocks and chaos of supply interruptions...