Word: blows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seniors at Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Conn., "Men have made enough mess of the world, and it's about time they moved over." At Texas A& M, Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen was more ecumenical in his exhortation: "You are our best hope for the future," he said. "Don't blow it." A sampling of the season's other commencement addresses...
...costs," including everything from engineering studies to geologists' expenses. The final plan, however, allows the oil operators to continue taking all the write-offs immediately. While industry lobbyists still protested the impending death of the depletion allowance, some individual oil executives were pleased to fend off a much harder blow. "There is a lot of relief in the oil patch," said J.C. Walter Jr., chairman of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association...
...states where taxes are highest, starting with New York. By the estimate of one congressional study, loss of deductibility would add some $1,600 to the average 1987 bill of New Yorkers who itemize their returns, about half of the state's taxpayers. Calling the proposal "a crushing blow" that would "cripple" the state, Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo vowed to fight the disallowance provision with every means at his disposal. Those include a plea to New York City's generous political contributors, who help bankroll every national campaign and many important state races, to boycott fund-raising activities on behalf...
...bearded Du Toit, 27, still wearing hospital pajamas and with his arm in a sling, said his unit had been sent into Angola to blow up the Malongo oil * refinery, jointly owned by Gulf Oil Corp. and the state-owned oil concern, Sonangol. The mission: to cause a "considerable economic setback" for the Luanda government. The plant is the largest oil refinery in Angola, processing more than half of the country's crude-oil production. The South African government denied that the commandos were sent to sabotage the facility...
...they see themselves? "Are you familiar with the John Wayne movie in which he puts out fires on oil rigs?" Elvy asks. It seems vaguely familiar. 'Okay. Well, I see us as John Wayne figures, only there's no fire and we don't have the TNT to blow up the oil barrels...