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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...always feared that you'll only remember enough from your $17,000-a-year education to fill a half-hour cocktail conversation, there's a way you can save yourself the anguish of a four-year courseload. All you have to do is lay out $5.95 to buy a tape that packs in all that you'll ever need to know...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: An Academia Nut | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...report. Of the $16 million in Iran arms profits, the contras received just $3.8 million. Secord, who testified that he sold weapons to the contras with a profit markup of 20%, actually took profits that averaged 38% and sometimes reached 56%. When Contra Leader Adolfo Calero discovered he could buy weapons far more cheaply through a European arms dealer, North made sure that none of the Iran arms proceeds went directly to Calero. Instead they went to Secord, who continued to sell to Calero at inflated prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Prosecutor | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...several weeks the government propped up its currency by using its reserves of dollars to buy pesos. By last week, however, Mexican officials began to fear that they would come close to running out of greenbacks. If that happened, Mexico would be unable to pay interest on its foreign loans and obtain new credit from banks. Result: the government abruptly abandoned its support of the peso, sending the currency into a free fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peso Panic: Mexico's currency plunges | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...consumers whether their pies are made with real cheese. The designers of the plan expect that pizzamakers who use ersatz products will be forced to switch to the real thing. The result will be an increase in the demand for cheese. The Federal Government, in turn, will have to buy back less cheese from dairy farmers. Estimated budget savings of this cheesy scheme: $29 million over three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey And Trimmings | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...when I went to Down-town Crossing to buy a pair of cheap sunglasses, I popped over to the old Paramount Theater--now a dusty video game parlor--to try my luck at playing pinball games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Video Games Killed the Pinball Star | 11/25/1987 | See Source »

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