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Word: bungee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After campaigning on a traditional Peronist platform urging higher salaries for workers but offering no real vision for solving the country's economic woes, Menem stunned the Peronist faithful by turning to the leaders of a giant multinational firm (Bunge & Born), a traditional enemy of theirs, to devise the new...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Can Argentina Make It Back? | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

The crime allegedly took place in 1985 and 1986, when Rapanelli, who has denied any wrongdoing, managed Gramoven, a Venezuelan affiliate of the Argentine agribusiness giant Bunge y Born. The judge charged that Gramoven had overbilled Caracas for grain. Venezuela is unlikely to prosecute the minister, however, because the two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: This Job Is Jinxed | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

The biggest problem for the schools: finding qualified students in an age when women's liberation has put child care behind the "Gingham Curtain." Minimum admission requirements at most centers are a high school diploma, psychological tests and a criminal record check. Tuitions range from $900 to $2,000, prohibitive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Beyond a Spoonful of Sugar | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Instilling confidence is a prime objective. Psychologist Beverly Benjamin, founder of Nanny Plan, teaches students to deal with everything from a pass by a husband to a mother's jealousy of a nanny's close relationship with her child. Bunge tells students, "You are a resource person like an accountant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Beyond a Spoonful of Sugar | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

The figure of the nanny looms large in history. "My nurse was my confidante," wrote a wistful Winston Churchill of his beloved Mrs. Everest. American aristocrats such as Franklin Roosevelt also had treasured nannies, but will the new nanny to the upper middle class have a similar impact? That will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Beyond a Spoonful of Sugar | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

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