Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chupina, under house ar rest. He has also threatened that former Interior Minister Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz and other members of the old regime who have fled the country will be arrested if they return. In another attempt to under cut the guerrillas, the President has declared a broad amnesty, to begin this month, for anyone involved in antigovernment activities. After that, he intends to place disputed areas under military law and execute some guerrillas publicly...
That is because many states and cities have been partially offsetting the federal cut by raising a broad range of other taxes. They are doing this to make up for revenue lost to the recession and reduced handouts from Washington. Says Stephen Meyer, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: "It looks like rising state and other taxes will virtually undo the federal tax benefit." Adds Robert Rossana, an economics professor at Pennsylvania State University: "The net benefit of the federal tax cut will be very small for the large majority of U.S. taxpayers. It would take only...
Archbishop Runcie, paying broad tribute to his departed papal guest as "a great Christian teacher," believes that as a result of John Paul's visit Britain's denominational divisions must be seen in a new light: "in the context of a common determination to make Christ's voice heard above the noise generated by a selfish and self-indulgent [British and Western] culture." He believes that the friendship and Christian joy exemplified by John Paul's visit could strengthen the prospects of religious conversion in a nation like Britain, where an anemic 11% of the populace...
Following the workouts under the white tent, pretty girls and children queued up to sit on Cooney's broad lap and have their pictures taken with the bent-nosed Santa Claus. This silly sweet scene every day galled Hilly but delighted Cooney. "Little kids are the best part of being a celebrity," he said, bouncing a squirmy set of twin babies. "What good is this doing us?" Hilly fumed. As for the pretty girls, Cooney, a bachelor, regretfully subscribes to the boxing axiom that women have ruined more men than war and pestilence. He talks daily by telephone...
...other companies, which were too financially weak to match GM's 12.8% deal, scored much smaller gains. Ford, with a sales rise of 1.3%, offered rebates of 5% on the price of most models and a broad two-year warranty for maintenance and repair costs on all of its cars. Chrysler's warranty, which is good for five years or 50,000 miles, helped boost sales 4.8%. To promote these gimmicks, the companies launched costly advertising campaigns. It became almost impossible to watch television without hearing Telly (Kojak) Savalas hawk Fords or Chrysler's Iacocca growl...