Word: bypassers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discussion came out of a report by last spring's visiting committee that recommended the department rationalize the bypass rules and consider a "capstone" experience for seniors, Professor of Government Susan J. Pharr said last night...
Skeptics insist the real problem with the law is that most criminals bypass gun shops in favor of underground dealers. ``It's easy for the criminal to get a gun,'' scoffs Dent Myers, who owns a Civil War surplus store in Kennesaw, Georgia, where the town council passed a law last year obliging every head of household to own a gun. ``They don't go to the store, because the waiting period for an illegal gun is about five minutes--or as long as it takes to open up a trunk...
...American Express will charge $20 for domestic tickets priced under $300 starting Mar. 6. "Many customers may now refuse to go to agents and pay the fee and instead do the homework themselves," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. Some airlines, he adds, are already encouraging customers to bypass agents and turn to online or airline-run "ticketless" reservation services. "This probably means that lots of agencies will go out of business," Baumohl says...
...this kind of populist blast--a picture painted by Limbaughs and cartoonists across the U.S. of a President extending a hand to Wall Street and ailing foreign countries--that convinced Clinton he had to bypass Congress altogether. With the Mexican peso sliding, only $3.5 billion left in Mexican currency reserves and financial markets throughout Latin America on the brink of collapse, the President last week invoked his executive authority to grant Mexico $20 billion in loans and loan guarantees as the centerpiece of a coordinated bailout. Following Washington's lead, the International Monetary Fund agreed to provide Mexico with...
...rival Hollywood studio chief. "He has publicly taken responsibility for Sony's condition, and he is the only human being mentioned in Sony's press release." Sony's Hollywood debacle also raises anew the question of who might succeed Sony chairman Ohga. At 64, Ohga came through coronary bypass surgery, but he has yet to designate an heir...