Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basic frequent-flyer programs are similar at most major airlines. Typically, after compiling as few as 10,000 miles, passengers can upgrade the next coach ticket they buy to first class. For 35,000 miles, they can usually earn a free round-trip coach ticket to anywhere in North America. After 50,000 miles, it's off to Hawaii or even Europe...
Passengers are concerned that the airlines will try to rewrite the basic rules governing the plans. When a few carriers tried last year to increase the number of miles needed to qualify for free trips, many consumers were outraged. Attorneys general in several states concluded that the airlines' action was illegal, and the carriers backed off. But travelers remain wary. Tom Nolan, a Palo Alto, Calif., attorney who has banked 150,000 miles on United, is contemplating a trip to Malaysia, Singapore and China later this year. It is earlier than he would like to travel, but, he says...
State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said in Washington the United States condemns "the forceful repression of peaceful demonstrators. By criminalizing and suppressing the exercise of basic political and human rights, the South African government is shutting off avenues for nonviolent change." Two American diplomats attended a service Tutu conducted at St. George's before the march, the U.S. Embassy said...
...traditional realm of student government. But at Harvard, there is no center for the council to run. No building, no grill, no lecture hall, no cinema, nothing. In addition, the council holds no sway over the governance of the College, and can't even stand up for the most basic of student rights. The administration tramples all over the student body--witness the new alcohol policy--without one word of protest from the council...
...across the country these days, horse-drawn, hand-pushed and pedal- powered vehicles are reappearing, along with kerosene lamps, candles and firewood stoves. At the same time, many of the basic trappings of 20th century life, such as electricity, gasoline, running water and postal services, are declining or vanishing. Since 1979, when the Marxist-oriented Sandinista regime ousted Dictator Anastasio Somoza, much of the country's economic and industrial infrastructure has fallen into ruin. Under Sandinista rule, Nicaragua's foreign debt has risen from $1.6 billion to $7 billion, while real wages have fallen by 90%. Inflation is estimated...