Word: slides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loss marks an end to a downhill slide which has left a blemish on his career of late. Now Ali can begin again, and though many supporters would prefer that he retire, you can bet that the former champ will be back. Ali would never end his career as a loser--it's not his style...
Members of the Land Re-use Committee, the board that will recommend a developer for the 4.2-acre site to the State Secretary of Finance, heard opinions during an hour-and-a-half reserved for public comments. The discussion followed a half-hour slide presentation by the two developers...
...progress in reducing its gargantuan trade deficit of almost $30 billion?and not much progress is expected this year. Congressional passage of an energy bill?almost any energy bill ?would help by demonstrating American determination to cut oil imports, the biggest contributor to the deficit. A dollar slide aggravates other troubles: it worsens inflation by increasing the price of imports, and causes the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more than it otherwise would in an effort to make dollar holdings a more attractive investment...
...White House is mobilizing not a moment too soon. After the pacts were signed last September, the Administration let slide the all-important job of building support for them. Belatedly, the President began dispatching senior Cabinet members around the country to try to change minds. Carter is moving into overdrive as well. Last week he answered questions on the treaties via direct telephone hookups to Foreign Policy Association-sponsored meetings in Albuquerque and in Hattiesburg, Miss. He also sent letters to 3,000 American leaders in business and the professions, encouraging them to "help us lay the facts before...
...bears an uncanny resemblance to Mrs. Earbore, Lily Tomlin's Tasteful Lady from Grosse Pointe. Describing George Ill's microscope, Prince Charles sounds disturbingly like his favorite King, old George himself. "It has all sorts of interesting little drawers in it, one of which has the original slides," he says, managing to be both cute and condescending at the same time. "I'm told that the things that are inside are 18th century fleas." Then, picking up a slide, he adds, "There's one very big one here-horrible-looking thing...