Word: bail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some needed money for other reasons. One man asked for donations to help bail his brother out of jail--a cause to which many of the concertgoers seemed sympathetic as they stopped to give him spare cash...
...some extreme cases, the crew members put the plane on automatic pilot, dump the drugs and bail out. Once on the ground, they locate the contraband by tuning to the radio signals from the parachuted cargo. The plane crashes when it runs out of fuel. The loss of a $500,000 plane is a modest sacrifice when compared with the tens of millions the cocaine can bring. Roger Garland, operations supervisor of the U.S. Customs Air Branch based at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida, once tracked a plane with no one in it for 40 miles until it splashed...
...success. The House of Commons began debating whether all uninsured deposits at the two failed banks, meaning all those larger than $60,000, should be given federal protection. John Turner, leader of the opposition Liberal Party, argued against it. "Is there now to be an implicit government guarantee to bail out future depositors in any difficulty?" he asked. The banking failures are exacerbating the political troubles of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Two Cabinet members recently resigned; one of them faces possible charges of misappropriating campaign funds...
...refusing to bail out U.S. shoemakers, Reagan further stirred protectionist passions in Congress. The shoe industry has some powerful allies, including Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Danforth of Missouri (home of Buster Brown shoes). Of the four-member New Hampshire delegation, only one, Senator Gordon Humphrey, supported the President. "I don't represent shoeworkers only," declared Humphrey. "I represent consumers." Humphrey is not running for re-election next year...
...release of the Rev. Allan Boesak illustrates what is happening to committed non-violent leaders all over South Africa. Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, was charged with subversion after he called for school and consumer boycotts and withdrawal of foreign investments. He was freed on bail on September 20th after spending nearly a month in jail...