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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Five days after Tuesday's raid, bulldozers were still scooping up rubble, forming huge mounds of shattered concrete, twisted metal and burned wood. Notebooks and text-books littered the compound's roads along with broken glass and sharpnel...
...Tunis, someone in a passing car hurled a firebomb at the compound housing U.S. Marine guards and other staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. An embassy spokesman said an American-owned automobile caught fire but no one was hurt. Later, two young Tunisians on a motorbike set two more cars ablaze with firebombs near the compound, police said. One man was arrested...
...clear that Meese and the award givers at the K-School are on a collision course with a large portion of the Harvard community, including K-School students and graduates who have petitioned and called for recision of the award. But recision is not the solution; it would only compound the huge public relations fracture. It's asking too much for the K-School to swallow its pride and also shoot itself in the chest in its relations with the Administration. Two solutions present themselves. Meese took the first step in damage control by postponing his appearance. That gives...
...along a four-lane highway just outside the house, while sundry beachcombers, joggers and fishermen can peer at the grounds from the nearby beach. One novel feature, however, may remind the exiles of their old Manila home. Within 24 hours of the Marcoses relocation, picketers appeared outside the walled compound, brandishing placards on which were scrawled such messages as DEATH TO MARCOS AND PUPPETS OF U.S. IMPERIALISM...
Besides enjoying the tax deferral, IRA savers can watch their investment compound over the years. If a 30-year-old worker makes a $2,000 annual contribution for 30 years to an IRA earning an average of 10%, the account will balloon to $468,580. Those who withdraw their money before age 59 1/2, however, must pay taxes on the amount taken out, as well as a 10% penalty, which can make IRAs an unwise investment for consumers who think they will need the cash on hand...