Word: amassive
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Worse still, corruption percolates through the regime. "It is widely accepted," a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report completed in March noted, "that he [Mobutu] has managed to amass a legendary personal fortune at the nation's expense." Kickbacks are the order of the day, with the President's cronies controlling significant slices of the economy. "It's the greed of a handful at the top that keeps this country in an economic mess," says one Belgian businessman. Complains one of Zaïre's former financial advisers: "We had great hopes, but they...
...McGugan and McCabe have as much trouble as they did with UMass last week. Allard need only equal the average passing yardage of Army opponent--224 per game, one figure the Tar Heels (229) did not pad--to amass substantial totals...
...Today is aimed at: visitors, especially businessmen; people who have moved into a new region yet remain interested in news and sports from their former homes; and suburbanites whose local dailies are just too local. Gannett seeks only a small fraction of current newspaper readers, but hopes to amass enough such "tack-on buys" to reach a circulation by 1987 of 2.35 million, vs. the Wall Street Journal's current 2 million...
...attempt to cut down on federal red tape, and return control over education to the states, next year's budget is organized to amass certain elementary and secondary school programs that were previously earmarked for specific projects into block grants. Approximately $400 million out of $5 billion that was previously divided into categorical grants will be given to the states to spend as they see fit, within the same broad areas. Money specifically earmarked for desegregation programs has been eliminated...
...class family with expenses, and for the student with no resources at all. Aid officers calculate that, with rising interest rates and with the new GSL stipulation that students start repaying the loans while still in school, a student relying on them through both college and grad school could amass tens of thousands of dollars in debt...