Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--A bitterly divided House voted Wednesday to cut off U.S. military support for Nicaragua's contra rebels, rejecting President Reagan's aid request in the hope of fortifying the Central American peace process...
...Republicans warned that the action would relieve part of the pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega which they contend has forced him into recent concessions. The aid cut-off would allow Managua to slip backwards into renewed repression, the president's congressional supporters charged...
...decision to cut the shopping period willhurt students looking for Core courses, said ScottDuncan '89. "It's really good to be able to shoparound since so many of them are kind of bogus,"he said
...half to one-fifth the going rate for similarly skilled performers from the West. The artists and athletes benefit by gaining a share of the hard-currency income as well as enhanced reputations and the coveted freedom to travel outside the bloc. The state benefits by taking a cut that can range from a modest 10% to a confiscatory...
...government often takes its percentage in the form of name-brand Western equipment needed by East bloc teams, including Head tennis rackets, Adidas running shoes and Rossignol racing skis. Even when the East bloc performers finally receive their share of the take, their governments routinely take a second cut by requiring them to exchange half or more of what is left into nonconvertible East bloc currency at unfavorable official rates...