Word: returning
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...reputations uprooted and of good intentions snatched up and hurled hundreds of yards into limbo." Added the Times: "A deafening silence has descended over the Middle East. Only the occasional soft sounds of a tank battle serve to fill the echoing void that has been left by the return home of Mr. George Brown...
...that various particles in the atmosphere are reflecting sunlight away from the earth, thus cooling the planet. Since about 31% of the world's surface is covered by low clouds, increasing this cover to 36% through pollution would drop the temperature about 4° C.?enough to start a return...
Other critics, not going that far, nonetheless maintain that much could be accomplished by a return to the old wage-price guidelines. Advocates admit that the guidelines collapsed while the Johnson Administration pushed a clearly inflationary budget policy, but assert that they would be much more effective when combined with the present credit curbs and tight budget. Heller suggests that Nixon set up a "watchdog" agency in which business and labor leaders would join in setting "ground rules" for what might be acceptable wage and price increases. He also urges that Nixon adopt the policy of "phone calls, behind...
...Bell package, the largest corporate financing in history, intrigued Wall Street for several reasons. Though the interest rate on the $100 debentures has not yet been set, A.T. & T. made it clear that the return will be enticing to little savers who are disenchanted with the yields available from savings accounts. The debentures may pay interest in excess of 8%. Because A.T. & T. is the dowager queen of the investment world, its action promises to make warrants a more popular and respectable way for blue-chip companies to raise money. For years, the New York Stock Exchange has barred trading...
...ragtag unit of the Mexican army, led by General Maximilian Rodrigues de Santos (Peter Ustinov) and Sergeant Valdez (John Astin), straggle across the U.S.-Mexican border, looking simultaneously tired and suspicious. General Max and a sadsack adjutant hijack a car full of gringo tourists and scout the territory. They return to the troops, and in a matter of seconds there is an irregular unit of the Mexican army charging through today's downtown San Antonio on its way to reclaim the Alamo...