Word: butchering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John's father owned a tavern--the Queen'sHead--and was a butcher by trade; indeed theHarvard family had been a family of butchers formany generations. The Harvards were moderatePuritans--devout but not all that concerned withceremonies...
...scarcely more than a week the Hungarian dream of independence was over. A puppet government headed by Janos Kadar, 44, set about "normalizing" the country through executions, show trials and brutal repression. The purge made Kadar the most hated man in Hungary and won him the epithet the "Butcher of Budapest...
Hungary's next leader will be shadowed and overshadowed by the larger-than- life legacy of Janos Kadar. In one of the great twists of modern history, the onetime Butcher of Budapest has emerged as the outstanding Hungarian figure of the 20th century. Asserts one top party official: "We expect that the Kadar era as an idea will continue even after he has left power." So does Kadar, who puts his trust in the popularity of what he has accomplished, a remarkable tribute to himself and his countrymen and the freedoms built out of that total defeat 30 years...
...exchange for taking away loopholes, the Senate committee's bill would reward businesses by lowering the top business-tax rate from 46% to 33%. Said Willard Butcher, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank: "What's different about this tax bill is the very significantly lower rate." For many businesses, that will go a long way toward offsetting the loss of preferences, and for some companies it will bring an overall...
...flavor of Lopez's art is peculiar and difficult to describe in the abstract. A good starting point is his small still life of a rabbit on a plate, dated 1972. It is just that, and no more: a rabbit skinned for roasting by a Spanish butcher, with its head left on; a glass plate with a scalloped edge; a kitchen table of pine covered with old cream paint, now scarred and stained, with bits of dark wood showing through; a band of gray wall with a mauve undercast. The table occupies a little over two-thirds of the depth...