Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Opposition to his constitution, which gives Park dictatorial powers, came into the open in October when students began marching in protest. They were soon joined by leading religious, civil and literary figures, who launched a campaign to collect 1,000,000 signatures on a petition asking for a restoration of democracy. His opponents were emboldened by the international protests touched off last fall by the flagrant kidnaping in Japan of Korean Opposition Leader Kim Dae Jung presumably by Park's secret police (TIME, Aug. 20). Finally, when the minority New Democratic Party pledged an "all-out struggle" for constitutional...
According to the usually reliable weekly Peruvian Times, Cerro will probably collect $65 or $70 million against its claims of $145 million. In addition, W.R. Grace & Co. is expected to get $35 million of the $65 million that it says its soon-to-be-nationalized paper and chemical plants are worth. Six companies that own fish-meal plants, among them Heinz and General Mills, are likely to divide a $24 million settlement on their total claim of $35 to $40 million. In all, Peru reportedly will pay U.S. companies some $130 million on claims of twice that amount, which amounts...
...books always quote a point spread designed to be large enough to attract some bettors to the underdog, yet tight enough to be a hedge for the bookies if the favorite has had a bad day. For the Super Bowl, Dolphin fans who put down their bets early will collect only if their team wins by six points or more. A Viking bet will pay off if Minnesota manages to lose by fewer than six points-or, of course, if Minnesota wins. Where betting is illegal, losers forfeit their bet plus the 10% commission, or "vigorish," for the bookie...
...inside information on teams he uses a network of underground informants called "readers," who have contacts with coaches, players, owners, even locker-room attendants. Their job is to collect material about players' physical conditions, troubles with girl friends or wives, and other dicey dope. These "friends," as Martin calls them, funnel their findings to Las Vegas several times a week. This is an expensive intelligence operation...
...office for material that he can use that morning. When he shakes loose to do one of his rare TV pieces, it is in the same whimsical vein. Recently he went to Lansdale, Pa., to find out why pupils in one class had been told to collect 1,000,000 bottle caps. The idea, it turned out, was to give the children some tangible feel for huge numbers. Osgood's interviews with the kids showed that they still had not the slightest notion of what 1,000,000 of anything means. The collection, however, was lumbering on-a paradigm...