Word: actioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ndabaningi Sithole, who finished second to Muzorewa in last April's "majority rule" election. Faced with guerrilla attacks on the outskirts of his capital and the continued exodus of whites, who are fleeing at the rate of 1,000 a month, the bishop explained that "ruthless" action was required. Said he: "We are going to succeed in solving the problems of the country once...
Even so, the IRS seems reluctant to take strong action against the cheating. Americans are already complaining enough about the heavy burden of Government bureaucracy. Said one Treasury official: "There is no way you can win on this subject. It always looks like we are going after the baby-sitters to make them pay taxes." However, the IRS is trying to figure out ways of subjecting tips received by waiters and waitresses to withholding (they are supposed to be voluntarily reported). A more jarring proposal would require businesses to keep back 10% of the money owed on contracts and send...
...become cases that are never closed. There was no way that the Warren Commission report could have put to rest the John F. Kennedy murder case, or that the conviction of James Earl Ray could have concluded the case of Martin Luther King Jr. As Jimmy Carter's action in the Mudd case shows, even the assassination of Lincoln was not a closed case...
...invent but reality rarely provides; the sort of thing that makes even silly efforts like Force 10 from Navarone or the recent Hanover Street seem mildly exciting. Something simpler, more documentary in manner would have suited Soldier of Orange better. As it stands, the movie is unsatisfying, both as action entertainment and as a serious study of people under the pressure of oppression...
Horner was hurt on a 12-yd. touchdown toss from quarterback Burke St. John, thus joining teammate Paul Connors on the experienced-but-out-of-action list...