Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walker began minting the false documents earlier this year, prompted by hostage-taking incidents in which terrorists singled out tourists and military personnel who carried American passports. Her clientele can choose citizenship from eight nonexistent nations, including one named after an element on the periodic table. Walker keeps the names secret, using the Ceylon passport only as an example. She claims to have sold 350 of the passports already, 100 of them to U.S. Government officials and an additional 120 to military personnel. Price: $135 to civilians, $95 to armed forces members...
Fitzsimmons described the admissions process as "long and painstaking." He said that thorough readings, an appointed advocate for each applicant, and extensive discussion remove any element of chance from the procedure...
...Jane provides us with a steady and even-keeled element," says Felsen, who describes her own style of play as "vocal and aggressive...
...superabundance of financial innovation is another factor reminiscent of the 1920s. During that time, investment trusts and utility pyramids were the rage, while the 1980s has been a boom time for such techniques and instruments as leveraged buyouts, junk bonds and stock-index futures. The common element is vast leverage, which creates the potential for big profits during a booming economy but equally dramatic losses when the tide goes the other...
FILMS GLORIFYING the criminal element seem to be quite the rage today. The great success of The Godfather, Prizzi's Honor and now Family Business attest to the popularity of these people we wouldn't want as neighbors. An affair with a woman and plagiarized speeches may be enough to bring down presidential candidates but murder, burglary and treachery only increase our enjoyment of a film...