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...consumed and taxpayers" costs raised by $ 10 million. The council committee advises an offsetting safety improvement for any waiver of the 55 m.p.h. limit: "For example, a state might be permitted to increase the speed limit on its rural interstate routes if it enacted a mandatory safety belt...
...began when Swiss police stopped Hussein Hanih Atat, 21, a Lebanese national, at Zurich International Airport as he was making a connection from Beirut to Rome. Officials found several explosive arming devices in his suitcase. Atat was also carrying 5 Ibs. of highly volatile plastic material in a cloth belt under his shirt. An accomplice escaped detection and took a taxi to Zurich's railway station, where police later found a suitcase containing another 5 Ibs. of explosives. The accomplice is thought to have made his way to Rome...
...however, not abashed about running after public officials. When archconservative State Senator John Schmitz chaired some hearings on abortion in 1981, Allred presented her testimony and then gave Schmitz a black leather chastity belt. Schmitz, in a press release, later described the meeting as filled with "hard, Jewish and (arguably) female faces" and called Allred a "slick butch lawyeress." Allred did what came naturally, slapping him with a $10 million libel suit. At a subsequent press conference called by Schmitz to discuss Middle East tensions, she showed up to present him with a box of frogs. Cried Allred: "A plague...
...plan, which is designed to cut the inflation rate in half by January, was approved both by the Histadrut, the giant labor federation that represents about 1.5 million workers, and by the Manufacturers Association. Neither liked the plan very much, but both realized that some sort of drastic belt tightening was essential. As Avi Pelossof, a spokesman for the manufacturers association, put it, "In the last two or three months, we lost control of our business, and it was no joke. Nobody knew if he was losing money or how much money he was losing." A government worker, complaining that...
...transferred to joint U.S.Panamanian administration under the 1977 Panama Canal treaties. The Big Ditch, historically a not-for-profit concern, last year showed an operating loss of $4 million, reflecting a worldwide shipping slump. One of Ardito Barletta's first unpleasant chores will be a round of belt tightening prescribed by the International Monetary Fund. The measures include a removal of food subsidies, which will send prices skyward and may provoke further street disturbances...