Word: buying
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...housing; to all taxpayers, an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy and a more efficient use of government funds. His plan to "Chileanize" the copper industry is typical of his give and take. Once Congress approves, the government will acquire a 25% interest in two new U.S. copper ventures and buy a 51% interest in the U.S.'s Braden Copper...
...horrors, la violencia was sporadic and disorganized. Colombian intelligence experts believe that most of the kidnaping is the work of Castro-Communist terrorists, who see it as a way to spread chaos and buy arms for their Army of Liberation, the guerrilla outfit that invaded the village of Simacota last January. There is certainly money in the racket. In the past year, more than $1,000,000 in ransom was collected in the 130 kidnaping cases reported to police. Much more was probably squeezed from victims too terrified to tell...
...Bogotá, the list of kidnapings has reached the point where the army advises wealthy Colombians to "alter your daily routine, never discuss travel plans among strangers, don't go out alone." Nervous citizens can buy guns from the army to protect themselves; many men keep submachine guns at their side when they drive to work in the morning. In some cases the Communists have used kidnaping threats in an attempt to run both foreign and Colombian industrialists out of the country. Most of the businessmen have sent their families abroad and stayed on - with body guards beside them...
...Unwrap a Mummy. Getting new art works is half the fun. But Rorimer collects objects with objectivity. He did not blink at buying a couple of lumpy 10th century Persian ivory chess pieces for a four-figure price. They are not so pretty, but they are as scarce as pterodactyls' teeth. The Met prefers to buy what collectors do not favor. Not enough French impressionists and postimpressionists? Indeed, the museum has only 28 Degas, 26 Monets, 22 Renoirs, 16 Cézannes and seven Van Goghs. But that is because Rorimer is in no hurry to buy...
...plays are viewable only on nine Atlantic Coast stations, although sponsors farther west may yet buy syndication rights, as they did with Esso's earlier efforts, such as the Festival of Performing Arts series...