Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with tea and crumpets on the diplomatic circuit." Shultz and Clark cut a deal: in return for firing Enders, the Secretary of State would be given day-to-day control of Central American policymaking. Deane Hinton, the able Ambassador to El Salvador, was also fired as part of the bargain...
...while the same criticisms of Tears for Fears' The Hurting can be levelled at Power, Corruption, and Lies--that it is occasionally boring, soupy, and offers little that is new--there is a tangible difference between New Order and your bargain basement synth outfit. New Order exudes an intelligence and depth that gives the sense that Bernard Albrecht and crew are in total control of their disco experiment. But where does that leave the listener...
Europe, of course, is not the only beneficiary of American savings accounts. Mexico, thanks to the devalued peso, is still attracting record numbers of tourists; at resorts from Cancun to Acapulco, many of the hotels are booked solidly through summer at bargain rates. One of the top tourist attractions this summer is Jamaica, stable again after several years of political turmoil. Israel, with diversified activities ranging from inner-tubing down the Hatsbani River to skindiving at Elath, expects more than 300,000 American vacationers, of whom only 50% are Jewish. India is cashing in on its recent film fame with...
...pleasant middle-class hotel like Munich's Bundesbahn Hotel charges about $55 for a double. Says Josef Dureck of the German Tourist Board: "Far from being hard to afford as it was three years ago, for the American tourist Germany now appears to have turned into the bargain it was a decade ago." Indeed, Americans (the second biggest national contingent after the Dutch) are Germany's biggest-spending visitors, laying out some $930 million a year...
...Connecticut, figured that she had spent $100 during her four days in line. Other standbys were cheerful: Bill Lockyer and his wife Joy, a retired couple from New Zealand, had seen a Broadway show (Elizabeth Taylor in Private Lives) with the money they would save on People. A bargain, said Lockyer; if they lost out on the Saturday plane they would line up the next...