Word: bites
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...handing down a 6-3 decision which allows prosecutors to use illegally obtained evidence in certain cases, the Court has severely curtailed an individual's protection against unwarranted police intrusions. The exclusionary rule is, in effect, the bite of the Fourth Amendment which grants "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." A logical extension of that right would be the exclusion of the fruits of such illegaly obtained evidence from courts of law. Hence the application of the exclusionary rule, first introduced...
What's that rustling in the bushes? Who are those tiny green figures scurrying through the twilight? Why did they bite that nice old lady in the kneecap? When did they start multiplying like rabid rabbits? Where will it all end? In movie theaters throughout North America, where these monster-pranksters have every intention of overrunning the opposition and leaving the Hollywood army of would-be summer smashes dazed in their wake. Ugh! Good Lord! Eek! Gasp! Aaarrrgh!. Gremlins is coming...
...four winners-a housewife, a machinist, a manicurist and a hospital maid-are understandably elated: each will receive $263,095 a year, minus the 20% federal tax bite, for the next 21 years. Shortly after hearing that she had won, Weonta Fitzgerald, 64, quit her job as a cleaning woman at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y. "I was broke, now I'm rich!" she exulted. But the biggest winner by far did not have to wait in line: New York State, which stands to reap an estimated $11 million in education funds from that one giant jackpot alone...
Aside from the 2.2 million unemployed (9.8% of the work force), the middle class has been hit hardest by Mitterrand's economic program. The main reason is that the tax bite has increased 15% to 20% for many middle-income families. They are now paying higher levies on everything from rented cars to boat insurance and, for some 2 million with annual incomes of more than $20,000, a 5% to 8% surtax on their earnings. As a result, many people have been spending rather than investing their savings...
...find a volunteer to take the position," says Melendez. "This job is a job." How about splitting the post up into several bite-size chunks? "If there were four of me coming in and out of the office," Melendez explains, "three-quarters of the time they wouldn't be able to answer questions. It's necessary to have continuity through the week." Assuming this is true, we are back to the original proposition: pay the Executive Secretary, but pay him or her a reasonable amount...