Word: free
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...insecticides, and newspapers were placed in a refrigerated truck in an attempt to freeze out any eggs hiding inside. Despite these measures, a second infestation was found just before Christmas, prompting another visit by the exterminator. Officials in charge of the anti-bug offensive hope the library is now free of the little louses, so that scholars can resume the habit of scratching their heads in thought...
Although thousands of Africans have studied in China since 1950, the relationship has frequently been marred by the hosts' cultural prejudice. The latest round of confrontation also has a more mundane source: envy. Most of the 1,400 African students currently in the country get free tuition and room and board plus a stipend from the Chinese government. They live better and eat better than their Chinese counterparts. Says a U.S. official who is a frequent visitor to China: "There is tremendous discontent ((about foreign privilege)) among students and intellectuals...
...growing resentment against CDWs created a marketing opportunity for credit-card firms, which concluded that such coverage would be so inexpensive that they could offer it free. (The credit-card coverage is typically supplement insurance, which pays damages if other policies cannot be tapped.) American Express began providing the coverage in November 1987 to its gold- and platinum-card holders. Last year MasterCard and Visa did the same for their premium customers, but they have not yet done so for regular cardholders...
McLeod also disparaged Harvard for providing inadequate security for its buildings. In view of this incident and the rape that occurred in the Science Center on December 7, she said "Harvard should take the measures to insure that women will have a working environment free from sexual harassment...
...released from an Iranian prison, where he had served two years for alleged illegal entry into Iran and illegal possession of weapons. The release, coupled with the renewal of diplomatic relations between Iran and Britain, raised hopes that a second Briton, businessman Roger Cooper, 52, might soon be set free...