Word: bi
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...collections that the federal deficit in fiscal 1983, which started Oct. 1, is now certain to exceed $200 billion. That intensifies the threat that Government borrowing to cover the deficit will gobble up the lendable money needed to finance business investment and consumer buying. A group calling itself the Bi-Partisan Budget Appeal, headed by former Secretary of Commerce Peter Peterson, last week published an ad calling on Reagan to make draconian reductions in the deficit. The ad was signed by five former Secretaries of the Treasury and some 500 top lawyers, academicians and heads of blue-chip corporations...
...recently put his stand-up act on display at an anti-draft rally near Memorial Hall. In between speeches and music, he came on and delivered a well-received series of one-liners in the Rodney Dangerfield mold. A brief sampling "Nancy Reagan, she's really a fine woman, bi: her idea of the Third World is J. C. Penney's. The post office is having problems with the Ronald Reagan stamp they just issued: people keep spitting on the wrong side." Most observers agree that Weinstein's delivery is very professional. "Anders steals more jokes than Milton Berle," says...
Nevertheless, there are more than a few who prefer to substitute hypocrisy for democracy and continue to deny D.C. citizens voting rights. Although the amendment has garnered bi-partisan support, it is an easy target for many who consider the District to be to urban, too liberal, too Black and too Democratic. Attacks have come chiefly from what Klick describes as the radical conservative rightwing groups such as The American Conservative Union, the Conservative Caucus, the Heritage and Liberty foundations." Genuine conservatives generally support the American principle of "one man, one vote," she adds...
More than 60 people stand in line on a typical day at the Central Square state unemployment office, waiting to receive their bi-monthly checks. Recipients in Massachusetts normally receive 30 weeks of unemployment benefits before their funding is cut off, unless the state feels the jobless rate in a particular area is especially severe. At 7.6 percent, unemployment in Cambridge is high, but not high enough for emergency attention. Many people received the unexpected news that no extension would be granted; and for some, it was their last check...
...BI semianually ranks the major urban areas, using a weighted cost of living index that includes such items as food, household goods, utilities, alcohol, recreation and entertainment. This year's list contains some old favorites. Tokyo, last year's No. 1, is now in second place. There are also some surprises. Oslo, Djakarta and Baghdad reign as the third, fourth and fifth most expensive cities...