Word: cards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cabinet to resign last November, the move was designed largely to oust a rival, Juan Ponce Enrile, who was then Defense Minister. This time the likely target is a faithful friend of more than 15 years. Arroyo, 61, whose first name derives from his father's fondness for card playing, is easily the most powerful member of the Cabinet. The former human rights lawyer screens Aquino's official papers and correspondence as well as all requests to meet...
...drown out the murmurs about his patrimony. He has selected five issues that he believes can excite the electorate. It took the methodical du Pont two years to research and hone his message, and he has now compressed it neatly onto a single 3-in. by 5-in. card that he keeps in his breast pocket. Dispensing with the usual homilies about preserving the family farm, du Pont brashly advocates abolishing farm subsidies within five years. Worried about the cost of the baby boom's retirement, he proposes a private alternative to Social Security modeled after IRA accounts. To make...
...trial headed into its sixth month, all of Israel remained captivated. The principal evidence against the accused is a photo identification card provided to the prosecution by the Soviet Union from its World War II archives. Made out in Demjanjuk's name, it was reputedly issued at the Trawniki camp in Poland, where Soviet prisoners were trained to be death-camp guards. The defense alleges that it is a forgery by the Soviet secret police, whose purpose is to embarrass anti-Soviet Ukrainians...
...five Treblinka survivors have identified the man pictured on the ID card as Ivan, and several said they recognized Demjanjuk even now as their tormentor. "This is Ivan from the gas chambers," exclaimed Eliahu Rosenberg at a February court session. "I saw those eyes, those murderous eyes." Moreover, the prosecution has paraded a corps of experts to the witness stand to authenticate Demjanjuk's signature on the card and attest that the paper and ink date from World...
Enclosed please find a check for my outstanding balance as of my last received bill. Enclosed please also find my charge card, which you will notice I have cut in two. Although I first joined the Coop in September of 1959, when I arrived in Cambridge from Minnesota as a Harvard freshman. I wish to discontinue our association...