Word: cente
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense." The department defended this act of amnesty by arguing that it wanted a fast settlement so that the banks could get their money back quickly. Said Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott: "The notion that the Justice Department is being soft is ridiculous. E.F. Hutton will repay every red cent plus interest." But critics in Congress fumed. Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware said, "Respect for the law suffers immensely when the public reads that you have (the Hutton) scheme going on, and nobody is prosecuted. I think it is a travesty...
...plan on stopping in for a five cent beer at your favorite watering hole in Cambridge during your reunion visit, forget...
...report also recommends an increase in financial aid funding, and rates that retaining "the principles of the present aid plan ... will require more funding--estimated jobs 15 per cent beyond a normal inflationary increase--and a concerted effort to focus available resources on students who are on schedule to complete then degree programs in a reasonable time...
...chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA's budget, Jake Garn once joked that if he did not get to fly on the space shuttle, he would not appropriate "another cent" to the agency. When NASA obligingly ticketed him for a trip, critics accused Garn of using his political clout to hitch a costly joyride--the ultimate congressional junket. But the Utah Republican dismissed such carping as "sour grapes." After undergoing four months of intensive training to prove that he had the right stuff, Garn blasted off aboard the 16th U.S. shuttle mission last Friday...
...from cost underruns, rather than being faced with cost overruns. The whole point of these contracts, argues G.E., is to give the supplier an incentive to perform better. "There were no cost overruns and no overcharging," declared Brian Rowe, a G.E. vice president. "The Government did not pay one cent more than it contracted to pay." Both G.E. and Pratt & Whitney, which on similar contracts made profits averaging 14.6% instead of the projected 13%, indicated that they would not meet the Government's refund request...