Word: fixing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mayor Hayes says the city treasury just cannot afford a quick fix. To Bill Callahan, the union's chief negotiator, this amounts to "reneging on a commitment to end sex discrimination...
...needs to sell this year to break even. Moreover, since consumers are no longer being bombarded by news of the company's embarrassing requests for federal assistance, Chrysler dealers are beginning to find it easier to convince customers that the automaker will be around in the future to fix and service the cars it sells today...
Haig goes to Peking to fix a friendship
...beginning of the Depression. In addition, the act was seen as a way of punishing the banking industry, which was held responsible by much of the public for bringing on the collapse of the financial system. The Federal Reserve's Regulation Q gives the Government the authority to fix the level of interest paid by banks. Thrift institutions are permitted to pay ¼% more as a way of attracting funds for the home mortgages that they normally provide. At present, banks pay 5¼% and thrifts 5½% on passbook accounts...
...only fix in place for the S and Ls is an innovative money-market instrument called a repurchase agreement. This allows S and Ls to pay rates comparable to those of money-market funds for small amounts, perhaps as low as $1,000, for up to a maximum of 89 days. That could help the S and Ls' competitiveness in seeking funds, but there is a catch. The accounts, like the money-market funds, would not be insured by the Government...