Word: carmen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...They poured gasoline on his feel and burned them. The butt of an armalite was struck against his body. They forced him to drink two liters of water through his nose. He moved his bowel and vomited blood. In addition, they gave him electric shocks. --affidavit of Virginia del Carmen about the torture of her husband. Rudy del Carmen, a Filipino...
...RUDY DEL CARMEN was not among the thousands of Filipinos who watched live television coverage of their president's gala visit this past week to the United States. After having been picked up by a unit of the Philippines' armed forces in August 1981, he was tortured for three days, briefly released and subsequently murdered. During the 17-year rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, hundreds of other Filipinos have met similar fates...
...said President Reagan last year, announcing a Government crackdown on its debtors. One obvious place to start: the Small Business Administration, where more than 10% of 150,000 loans are currently overdue. As it turns out, one of the SBA'S heftier overdue loans belongs to Gerald P. Carmen, 51, head of the General Services Administration. Carmen, who has been complaining about a lack of recognition for his cost-cutting operations in the GSA, owes the Government $405,000 plus $30,000 back interest and has not made his monthly $2,700 loan payment in almost a year...
...Carmen signed for the 30-year, $425,000 loan at 6.5% interest in 1975 when an urban renewal project forced him to relocate his auto-and-tire service business (sold in 1979) in Manchester, N.H. Since July 1981, he has received two six-month deferments on his monthly payments. Carmen, who earns $59,500 a year, insists such deferments are available "to any American citizen...
...writing, clearly belongs to Fierstein, 27. The son of a Brooklyn handkerchief maker, he began working as a drag queen in East Village clubs at 16 before turning to playwriting at 19. Onstage, his voice derives from Tallulah Bankhead, and his drag-queen clothes would look good on Carmen Miranda. In every other way he is unique. Like the very best actors, he does not play a part, he inhabits it. -By Gerald Clarke