Word: continental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Oilmen would finally lose their long-cherished depletion allowance. It would be phased out over five years, except on the very smallest wells (those producing 10 bbl. a day or less). But oil operators saved a far more important tax benefit. The Treasury had originally wanted to make them stretch...
When Terry Fox, who lost a leg to cancer, started a 1980 run across Canada to raise money for research, no one was more profoundly affected than Steve Fonyo, a boy from Vernon, B.C., who had also lost a leg to the disease. Fox raised more than $20 million before...
Critics argue that a U.S. withdrawal of investment would hurt rather than help the situation of blacks in South Africa. Fully one-third of the U.S. companies listed in Standard & Poor's 500 large American firms have some ties to South Africa. If they all pull out, the argument goes...
Now then, parents, the important thing is to stay calm. You've seen Ma- donna wiggling on MTV -- right, she's the pop-tart singer with the trashy outfits and the hi-there belly button. What is worse, your children have seen her. You tell your daughters to put on...
At 14 minutes after midnight, according to a night watchman at a nearby building, a white Toyota van pulled up behind the headquarters of the Belgian Business Federation in Brussels. Two men jumped from the vehicle, set it on fire, then fled, scattering handbills along the way. When firemen arrived...