Word: facings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...side room, where a doctor waited to monitor his heartbeat. At 12:14 a.m., a capsule of cyanide gas tumbled down a tube and plopped into a dish of acid. The man sniffed the air expectantly and shrugged nonchalantly. Seconds later, he grimaced and began breathing deeply. His face turned red and then his head dropped to his chest. At 12:21 a.m., the doctor pronounced the man dead...
...invasion eleven months ago, which imposed Heng Samrin as Cambodia's new leader. Either because crops had not been planted, or because rice fields were destroyed in the fighting, Cambodia's next rice harvest will be sufficient for only 1.75 million people. The remaining 2.25 million Cambodians face death from starvation or related diseases unless 165,000 tons of rice and 6,400 tons of cooking oil are imported in the next six months. Already, large numbers of the country's children five years or younger have perished, and according to officials of international relief agencies...
...precisely 2 p.m., the first convict was brought forward, and the show began. Since he was over 45, he was, by law, exempt from whipping. Instead, his face was painted black-considered a great humiliation in Islam-and then he was led off to prison. Dressed only in white shorts, knotted in front, the next convict was fastened to the scaffold. He was the first prisoner's son. Both men had been found guilty of running a brothel. A heavy, padded belt was wrapped around his waist to protect his kidneys. An assistant painted a 2-in.-wide...
...away from shares could further damage capital formation; companies ideally tend to raise long-term investment money in the stock and bond markets but go to the money market for short-term borrowings to cover operating expenses. The move out of savings is badly hurting the thrift institutions. They face a tremendous competitive disadvantage and a sharp outflow of funds because the Federal Reserve's Regulation Q prohibits them from paying more than 5½% on passbook savings. A bill before the Senate would slowly phase out the interest rate ceilings by 1990. Meanwhile, says Robert Garver, president...
...Toyota that beckons. Window-shopping in Beverly Hillsi Calif., Ali tried the driver's seat of a 1909 Ford Tour-About. Meanwhile, for Toyota, personal appearances and Ali plugs in Arabic are being planned for the champ in Saudi Arabia. The auto company hopes his well-known face and Muslim religion will persuade Saudis to go Toyota...