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Word: contra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Featuring songs like "We Arm the World," "Thank God I'm a Contra Boy," and an ode to Eastern Airlines, "Help me make it through the flight," Capitol Steps plans to perform for 90 minutes at Sanders, a troupe spokesperson said...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Satire Troupe to Perform | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...generation have a sour opinion of politics and the ability of government to have relevancy to people's lives. Voter participation in this country is abysmal, and young people, sadly, are the most negligent. Having been raised in an era dominated by Vietnam, Watergate, Jimmy Carter and the Iran contra-scandal, this is hardly surprising...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: That (Joe) Kennedy Mystique | 11/2/1988 | See Source »

...secret bank accounts and then used it to buy four Manhattan buildings. The indictment accused Marcos of having defrauded U.S. lenders of more than $165 million that was borrowed to finance the properties. Co-defendants include Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian financier, arms dealer and middleman in the Iran-contra scandal, who allegedly posed as the owner of the properties to protect the Marcos interests. "This case amounted to the Marcoses and their co-defendants using their position of trust to turn the Philippines' treasury into their own treasury," said James Fox, head of the FBI office in New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Charging the Unindicted Guest | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

Nearly two years ago, former Senator Howard Baker replaced Donald Regan as Chief of Staff to restore some order to the chaos that prevailed in the White House during the Iran-contra scandal. Last year, Frank Carlucci stepped in as Secretary of Defense and immediately began to attack the bloated military budget that his predecessor, Caspar Weinberger, had largely ignored...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Four More Years | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...phony stag party, told a Senate subcommittee last month that he had made political payoffs for Noriega out of a BCCI account. In 1986 Khashoggi transferred $12 million from a BCCI account in Monte Carlo to an arms dealer to help purchase weapons used in the Iran-contra deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cash Cleaners | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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