Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been able to sell to the Bell System's users. Nonetheless, 80% of the phones in use today were made by Western Electric, most of them rented by customers of AT&T's 22 local operating companies. This is surprising because some of the local companies exact a monthly rental charge that seems inordinately high. New York Telephone Co., for example, charges a steep $3.03 per month for a standard rotary-dial telephone...
They are the dukes of the American democracy, officials who possess broad powers in their states and, as a presidential year draws near, can exact tribute from the incumbent in the White House and those who want to oust him. All reason enough for the Reagan Administration to have put a high priority on maintaining at 23 the G.O.P.'s share of governorships. Another factor last week that made the gubernatorial races a bit more important to the President: his already unpopular New Federalism proposal to shift welfare burdens to the states depends on the Governors' cooperation...
...what Patterson says true. There are still some subtleties to sexualaaaaaa relations between the races, still some bases that do not exist in relations between members of the same races. A while victim of a Black professor's advances may in fact feel more rage, and more desire to exact punishment than she would had her aggressor been white...
...outbreak and Puerto Rican birth-control pill factories, which produce 90% of the U.S. supply. Investigation of meat and milk samples and other possible culprits continues. In the meantime, the CDC has issued no specific warnings. Says Cordero: "We cannot give any recommendations to parents until we know the exact cause of the outbreak, and that is why we are working hard...
...using the first workable underwater diving helmet, teamed with his brother Charles to bring up some of the guns of the famous ship, along with a few timbers that were then made into souvenir inkwells and walking sticks. After four years, the entrepreneurial divers shut down their operation. The exact whereabouts of the Mary Rose was gradually forgotten...